Category: Family History

  originally posted at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/COPE/2001-04/0987874434 Capt. David Looney’s CO 1774 Fincastle- 34 men listed and here are a few of these men. 1) Lt. Daniel Boone- Jno. Anderson Ensign 2) Israel Boone 3) Joseph Blackmore- I believe this is Blakemore – has Fort ( 1774 Fincastle ) listed in Russell CO...

The William Roberts, Sr. and William Roberts, Jr. listed among the Petitioners are from my family line... as is Elisha Wallen. ...

The Long Hunter by Emory L. Hamilton, p. 29, The Mountain Empire Genealogical Quarterly, Spring l984. Originally posted at http://www.angelfire.com/co3/Skaggs/stories/long.html The Long Hunter was peculiar to Southwest Va., only and nowhere else on any frontier did such hunts ever originate. True, there were hunters and groups of hunters on...