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Biographies &Family Histories 

Absher Family Information submitted October 1999 by Dorothy Absher Dalton
Henry Hutton Ball submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Bailey Family March 2002
Isaiah Bee, M.D submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Isaiah Ernest Bee, M.D submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
James B. Belcher submitted March 2000 by Linda Katalenich
John H. Bird, MD submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Stephen T. Bird, D.D.S. submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
William A. Bodell submitted March 2000 by Joan Wyatt
Archy S. Booker submitted January 2000 by Spelrcg@aol.com
Frank H. Borden submitted March 2000 by Linda Katalenich
Harry Bowen submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Lowery G. Bowling submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
George Harry Brown submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
T. Fred Brown submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Robert Lee Burgess submitted March 2000 by Linda Katalenich
Rev. Wilbert M. Burke submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Mason Blake Caldwell, MD submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Calfree Famliy March 2002
Chapman Family March 2002
Christian Family March 2002
Frederick R. Christie submitted December 1999 by John "Bill" Wheeler
Bernard Sinclair Clements, MD submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Isadore Cohen  submitted March 2000 by Vivian Brinker
Isaac "Ike" Cole submitted December 2000 by E. Fay Shannon
William J. Cole submitted December 1999 by Chris & Kerry
Jairus Collins submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Rev. H. Ingram Cook submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Hon. Edward Cooper  submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Fred V. Cooper submitted December 1999 by Chris & Kerry
Davidson Family March 2002
Robert Lee Dugan submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
William J. Elliott submitted April 1999 byValerie F. Crook
Rush Floyd Farley, MD submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Walter M. Ferguson submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
William G. Ferrell  submitted March 2000 by Susie Lloyd
William M. Ferrell submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
William Dehart Fitzhugh submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Charles H. Gilmer submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Harry Clay Hadden submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Hale Family March 2002
Charles W. Hall submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
William Pinckney Haller submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Hamilton Family Info submitted March 2000 by Susie Lloyd
Rev. Thomas S. Hamilton submitted December 1999 by PJSTON@aol.com
Walter W. Harloe, MD submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Alfred Luther Hawkins submitted March 2000 by Linda Katalenich
Joseph H. Hoge submitted July 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Samuel R. Holroyd, M.D. submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Howes Family March 2002
Hiram DeWitt Huffman submitted March 2000 by Susie Lloyd
Charles Edward Hughes submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Bramwell B. Hunt submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
O. C. Jenkins submitted March 2000 by Joan Wyatt
Rucker Jenkins  submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
John A. Kane submitted July 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Harry D. Karnes submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
W. E. E. Koepler submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
J. Ernest Lambert submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
John Flood Land submitted December 1999 by John "Bill" Wheeler
George W. Lazenby submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Everett A. Leonard, Jr. submitted December 1999 by John "Bill" Wheeler
Johnson H. Lilly  submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Henry A. Lucas submitted April 2000 by Joan Wyatt
Joseph C. McConnell submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Benjamin H. McCulloch submitted March 2000 by Susie Lloyd
William A. Miller submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
John B. Neal submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Humphrey G. O'Neil submitted March 2000 by Susie Lloyd
Richard B. Parrish submitted December 1999 by PTyler107@aol.com
W.S. Phelps submitted December 1999 by PTyler107@aol.com
William John Pritchard  submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Ratliff Family Info submitted April 2000 by Tammy Daws
Charles M. Scott submitted December 1999 by Chris & Kerry
Thomas Harlowe Scott submitted August 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Gordon S. Seal submitted December 1999 by John "Bill" Wheeler
Florilla Beau Cole Shannon submitted December 2000 by E. Fay Shannon
Shannon Family Info  submitted December 2000 by E. Fay Shannon
Alton L. Smith submitted March 2000 by Joan Wyatt
Alexander St. Clair  submitted January 2000 by Spelrcg@aol.com
Samuel J. Sublette  submitted April 2000 by Sherry Neff
Clarence B. Sweet submitted March 2000 by Linda Katalenich
Robert A. Tabor submitted March 2000 by Susie Lloyd
William H. Thomas submitted December 1999 by PJSTON@aol.com
David H. Thornton, M.D. submitted December 1999 by Chris & Kerry
R. Edward Thornton  submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Frank E. Thornton submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Alton Harry Vest submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Jesse W. Waters submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
James Garfield White  submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
White Family History submitted December 1999 by John "Bill" Wheeler
Millard Gilmore Whitlow submitted September 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
William W. Wood submitted April 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
Roy T. Wright submitted December 1999 by PJSTON@aol.com

 
 
 

Cemeteries 

File Description Size Date Submitter
Wells, Td Image 125K Nov 2007 Deidre Murphy
Ada Chapel cemetery transcribed by David Hambrick 
Akers Cemetery  transcribed by David Hambrick 
Alvis Cemetery  
Athens Cemetery Annex   
Ayers-Purdue Cemetery  
Bailey Cemetery 1  
Bailey Cemetery 2   
Beggs Cemetery by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Belcher Cemetery  
Belcher-Wimmer Cemetery  
Isaac Bell cemetery  
Bethel Cemetery, partial  
Bowling Cemetery July 9, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Bowman-Pigg Cemetery  
BROWN/MCCLAUGHERTY/WIMMER CEMETERY June 8, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Brown Cemetery  
Brown 2  
Browning Lambert Mountain Cemetery, partial  
Browning-Lambert-Bailey Cemetery  
Bryant, Brammel Cemetery  
Butler Cemetery, partially annotated  
Butt Cemetery, Bluewell  
Butt (James Thomas) Cemetery  
Calfee Cemetery May 30, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Cheer Cemetery  
Christie Cemetery  
Clark Cemetery  
Cline Cemetery  
Coffee-Hall Cemetery  
Combs Cemetery  
Compton-Butt Cemetery  

 
Coyne Oakwood Cemetery, partial  
Crews Cemetery  
Crow Cemetery  
Cunningham Cemetery Bob & Pauline Pruitt
Cunningham, Jimmy Cemetery Bob & Pauline Pruitt
Davis-Walters Cemetery  
Davidson Cemetery  
Davidson Cemetery 2  
Dillon Cemetery  
Eads Cemetery  
Fairview Cemetery  
Frogtown-Braxton Cemetery  
Goad, (John A) Cemetery  
Goodwill-Leffridge Cemetery  submitted March 2003 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Gross cemetery  
Gross-Jennings Cemetery  
Hagar Cemetery  
Sam Hagar Cemetery  
Hale Cemetery  
Hall Cemetery  
Harmon Cemetery  
Hedrick Cemetery  
Hebrew Cemetery  
Henly Cemetery  submitted March 2003 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Henry Clay Bell Cemetery  
Hicks Memorial Cemetery  
Holt cemetery  
Honaker Cemetery  
Hope-Shrewsbury Cemetery  
Hopkins Swiny Cemetery  
Hunsuckle Cemetery  
Hutchinson Cemetery  
Hypes Cemetery  
Jenkins Cemetery  
Johnson Cemetery  
Keaton Mills Cemetery  
King Cemetery  
Lambert-Arrington Cemetery  
Lambert Cemetery  
Lilly (Dayton) Cemetery  
Linkous Cemetery  
McComas Family Cemetery  
McCroty Cemetery  
Mabe Cemetery  
Maple Park Cemetery  
Martin Cemetery  
Maxey Cemetery  
Meador Cemetery  
Meadows Cemetery  
Meadows 2 Cemetery

Miles Cemetery  
Miller cemetery May 30, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Mt. Horeb Cemetery  
Monroe Cemetery  
Morgan Cemetery  
Morris Cemetery  
New Zion Cemetery  
Nunn Cemetery  
O'Dell Cemetery  
Oakwood Cemetery  
Odle Cemetery  
Owens Cemetery  
Parker and Underwood Cemetery  
Patterson Cemetery  
Pettrey Cemetery  
Peyton cemetery  
Phillips/Broyles Cemetery  
Pine Cemetery  
Pisgah Cemetery, partial   
Poe Cemetery  
Potter's Shop Cemetery
 
Powell Cemetery  
Prosperity Cemetery  
Reid Cemetery  
Resthaven Cemetery  
Robinette Cemetery  
Rock Community  
Rowland Cemetery  
Rumberg Cemetery  
Sand Lick Cemetery  
Sarver Cemetery July 2, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Schilling Cemetery  
Shorter Cemetery  
Shrader cemetery  
Schrader 2  
Schrader 3  
Shrewsbury Cemetery  
Smith Cemetery  
Sneed Cemetery  
Tabernacle Hill Cemetery  
Taylor Cemetery  
Thomas Cemetery  
Thomason Cemetery  
Tuggle Cemetery, partial  
Vance Cemetery  
Vaught Cemetery  
Walls Cemetery Ken Bowen 2001
Walnut Grove cemetery  See Below
Wesley Chapel Cemetery July 31, 2001 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Whitfield Cemetery  
White Family Cemetery  
Whites Cemetery  Submitted by Barbara Duncan
Wild Meadow/Riley Cemetery June 19, 2001 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Willowton Cemetery Information Directory  
Wimmer Cemetery Bob & Pauline Pruitt
Winfrey Cemetery Sept. 4, 2001 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Winfrey Cemetery (2) June 18, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Wyatt Cemetery June 4, 2002 by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
Young Cemetery April 18, 2002 David Hambrick and Ken Bowen

Walnut Grove Cemetery 
 
 
 
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Census Records 

Thomas' Listed in 1850 Census submitted October 2000 by J. B. Budy
Thomas' Listed in 1860 Census ii submitted October 2000 by J. B. Budy
1870 Census Index submitted March 2003 by F. Spradlin
1% Sample of the 1880 Census submitted June 1998 by Al Zopp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Court Documents 

Estate Document, A. W. Cole, 1915 submitted October 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon

Deeds & Other Land Transactions 

Ephraim Cook Grant, 1853 submitted April 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Archibald Farley Grant, 1838 submitted April 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Andrew Farley, Jr. Grant, 1852 submitted April 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Gideon Farley Grant, 1857 submitted February 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Joel Farley Grant, 1856 submitted February 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Levi Farley Grant, 1847 submitted February 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Levi Farley Grant, 1851 submitted February 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
William Mooney Deed - 1840 submitted January 1998 by  Ed & Phyllis Griffith
Rufus Pack Land Grant, 1853 submitted January 1999 by Carol Pack Urban

Land Abstracts submitted by June White, May 2000 
 
 
"A" Surnames
"B" Surnames 
"C" Surnames
"F" Surnames
"H" Surnames
"L" Surnames
"M" Surnames
"P" Surnames
"S" Surnames

 
 
 
 
 

Marriage Records 

Bailey/Hess Marriage Record, 1853 submitted December 1999 by Russell L. Lawrence
Bailey/Shufflebarger Marriage Record, 1855 submitted December 1999 by Russell L. Lawrence
McKenzie/Harmon Marriage submitted July 2002
Selected Meador Marriages submitted August 2000 by B. Carlisle Bowling
Sublette/Shorter Marriage, 1883 submitted February 2000 by Barbara Boyce

 
 
 
 

Military Records 

Cole Brother, Civil War Info submitted October 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Shannon Cousins, Civil War Info submitted October 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon

 

  Miscellaneous 


The Bluefield Public Schools  submitted June 1999 by Valerie F. Crook
History of Concord Normal School submitted October 2000 by Valerie F. Crook
Vocational School of Practical Nursing, 1963/64 submitted October 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Early History of Mercer County  

 
 
 

  Newspaper Articles


Meadows/Hager Marriage Announcement, 1933 submitted March 2000 by Kelly Slayton

 

 Obituaries 


Robert Lee Bowman  submitted July 1999 by June Barnes
Stonewall Bowman submitted July 1999 by June Barnes
William Brooks submitted June 1999 by June Barnes
Bessie Mable Cole, 1998 submitted November 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Walter S. Cole, 1956 submitted October 2000 by E. Fay Shannon
John Hager, 1973 submitted March 2000 by Kelly Slayton
Caleb Austin Hamm  Obit submitted by E. Fay Shannon,March 2002
Edna Roles Harris Obit submitted by Melinda Jacquier March 2002
Hazel Lee Moore Heinbach, 1999  submitted November 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Mrs. Lilly C. Jarrett submitted May 1999 by June Barnes
Hazel Owen Lambert Obituary, 1999 submitted September 1999 by Barbara Duncan
Mathew Meador Obit,April 11, 1929 submitted by THOMAS CRICKENBERGER, March 2002
Noah Edward Meadows, 1939 submitted March 2000 by Kelly Slayton
Jesse Granville Neely Obit submitted March 2002 
Annie May Moore Osborne, 1998 submitted November 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Powell--Scanned Image  
Clarence Edward Shannon, 1969 submitted November 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Preston Glen Shannon, 1977 submitted November 2000 by Eva Fay Shannon
Samuel Douglas Shannon, 1955 submitted October 2000 by E. Fay Shannon
Tabor- Cook obits submitted Oct 2003 by Susan Richmond
Rachel Carbough Taylor Obituary, 1768 submitted September 1999 by Dorothy Dalton
Mrs. Bertie V. Yost, 1990 submitted October 2000 by E. Fay Shannon

 
 
 

Vital Records

Birth Records
 
 
 
Selected Birth Records, 1853 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1854 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1855 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1856 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1857 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1858 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1859 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Birth Records, 1860 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Crockett Births submitted by Matt Crockett

Death Records
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Death of Naomi Shufflebarger Bailey - 1860 submitted January 1998 by Russell L. Lawrence
Crawford Family Deaths, 1853-1936  submitted December 2000 by Patricia S. Smith
Crockett Deaths submitted by Mat Crockett
Death of Chester Green Dalton submitted Nov. 1, 2001 by Russell L. Lawrence
Shannon Family Births, Deaths, & Marriages submitted January 2001 by E. Fay Shannon
Selected Death Records, 1883 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1884 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1885 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1887 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1888 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1889 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1890  submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1891 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1892 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Selected Death Records, 1893 submitted February 1999 by Jeannie Watts
Miscellaneous Birth & Death Records submitted March 1999 by Melissa Duggins

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wills 

Augustus W. Cole, Sr., 1888 submitted August 2000 by Eva "Fay" Shannon
Matthew Pack Estate Records, 1858-1870 submitted September 1999 by Carol Pack Urban
Will of John Walker - 1850 submitted January 1998 by Ed & Phyllis Griffith
Will Book 10--Partial  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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