From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Aug 16 13:56:20 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7GJuKjb007768; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:56:20 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7GJuEmg031456 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:56:15 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7GHGVFI009638 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:16:31 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7GHGVr7009637 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:16:31 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7GFV5FI009333 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:31:06 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7GIAdFY019193 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:10:39 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sdm.prowett@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 12:10:39 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7GIAdjb019184 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:10:39 -0600 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7GIAXnr030975 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:10:34 -0600 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n15so794553nfc for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:10:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=WI1WQ7SSISzmZM9A4qhF01UT6UBbTwzrh2LATmD/Gid9DmHaP8nd5X7oP2L20ICNIup+HHTU8uFuwXCT1Wf2+2Gja7SO6L/OnKKtwLXkVRWz/1RnD07aZVgNX6KiVJhzZ4cGnFNUnkd4VtgwSAW6ca7wA/In6PnK39HkrWI6fSU= Received: by 10.48.230.18 with SMTP id c18mr1040472nfh; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:10:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Yoda ( [64.146.135.196]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 18sm620880hue.2006.08.16.11.10.31; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:10:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <00d501c6c15f$45666470$6601a8c0@Yoda> From: "Sondra Prowett" To: References: <005e01c6c0ea$ab70bb50$640fa8c0@Drew> <001501c6c104$f3aa6be0$0202a8c0@xphome> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Where was Hennessey County, VA Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:10:30 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2905 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sherrie, I checked my 'handy book', "The Handy Book for Genealogists 7th Ed" and didn't find a Hennessey County in VA, WV, SC, NC, MD, or TN. I'm still new to using this book, does it list defunct counties? HTH, S o n d r a ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrie Sell" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Where was Hennessey County, VA > Hennessey County was listed on a marriage certificate dated 1804. I have > little else to go on but the the people involved in the marriage. The > groom was born in VA and was a preacher. The bride was originially from > S.C. The couple is interred in McMinn County, TN. > > Sherrieinfla > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Smith" > To: "'Sherrie Sell'" ; > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:15 AM > Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Where was Hennessey County, VA > > >> Sherrie, where did you find a reference to a Hennessey County in >> Virginia? >> I can't find any reference to such a county. >> >> Drew Smith >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sherrie Sell >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:28 PM >>> To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [ROOTS-L] Where was Hennessey County, VA >>> >>> Does anyone know where Hennessey County, VA was? VA due to >>> not only the Revolutionary War but the Civil War had >>> sections, areas, counties etc cut up and rearranged. Then >>> West VA cut away from VA and more land areas were >>> redistributed. So....where is the former Hennessey County? >>> >>> Sherrieinfla >> >> > >