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Examples of Kegley publications: Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. I The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Days, 1745-1800, by Mary B. Kegicy and F.B. Kegley, published 1980, 456 pages, indexed, illustrated, cloth-bound, with maps and bibliography. A comprehensive work on the early settlers of the New Ri ver, using original records of Augusta, Botetourt, Fincastle and Montgomery counties. Family sketches number 48 for the Blacksburg- Christiansburg area of Montgomery County, and for the Radford- Dunkard Bottom area of Montgomery and Pulaski Counties, 24. They include the following: Bane, Barger, Beard, Billups, John Bingamin, Black, Boles, Broce, Buchanan, Byrn, Chrisman, Conrad, Craig, Crewey, Draper, Elswick, Gresham, Harless, Harman, Haven, Hornbarger, Keister, Kinzer, Kipps, Linkous, Lorton, McCoy, McDonald, McGee, McMullen, Martin, Peterson, Poppicaver (Cofer), Preston, Price, Ribble, Ritchie, Shell, Smelser, Sperry, Stephens, Surface, Taylor, Abram Trigg, Vickers, Wall, Westcoat, Wood, Bell, Henry Bingamin, Carty (Carter}, Cassiday, Charlton, Christian, Thomas Cloyd, lohn, Ninian and Samuel Cloyd, Gardner, Grayson, Grills, Ingles, Penner, McCorkle, Reilly, Rife, Sallust, Skaggs, Thompson, Daniel Trigg, Stephen Trigg, Whitt, and Wiley. Thousands of lesser-known families mentioned. Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. II By Mary B. Kegley, companion book to Volume 1, containing land and marriage records, lawsuits, wills, deeds, tax lists and other court records. 47 photos, 13 maps and 19 illustrations, with bibliography and family sketches of 64 of the founding families of present Pulaski County, Va.. Includes Addair, Anderson, Birch, Bish, Brown, Caddall, Carper, Cecil. Joseph and Gordon Cloyd, Crouch, Crow, Currin, Eaton, Goldman, Guthrie, Hance, Hevner, Hickman, Hoge, Howe, Hudson, Ingram, Mairs, Edward and Nathaniel Morgan, Patton, Pepper, Pickens, Shufflebarger, Sifford, Starn, Stobaugh, Swope, Taylor, Thompson, Trinkle, Trollinger, Waggoner, Williamson, Wygal, Wysor, Alford, Allison, Boyd, Andrew and James and Samuel Crockett, Drake, Draper, Edwards, Feely, Flora, Foster, Galbraith, Honaker, Montgomery, Morehead, Patrick, Runner, Russell, William and John Thompson Sayers, and Shepherd. Thousands of lesser known connecting lines. Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. III The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Days, 1745-l805 by Mary B. Kegley. 929 pages, indexed, illustrated, cloth-bound, with maps and bibliography. A comprehensive work on the early settlers of the New River using original records. The focus is on the lead mines, Cripple Creek, and Fort Chiswell, Crockett's Cove, and Reed Creek area east of Wytheville. Land records cover more than 180 pages, court orders and abstracts of Wythe County, never before published will provide new genealogical information for researchers. 124 family sketches include Austin, Baxter, Bell, Bralley, Carter, Castle, Chiswell, Crockett, Devereaux, Evans, Forbush, Frisbie, Herbert, Jackson, Jenkins, Jones, Kincannon, Lockett, Lyons, Muse, Newell, Peirce, Raper, Rogers, Ross, Sanders, Sayers, Walton, Welshire, Williams, Bebber, Campbell, Catron, Chatwell, Carr (Kerr), Chaney, Cook, Danner, Davis, Dean, Douglas, Dutton, Earhart, Eller, Ewing, Fisher, Francis, Fry, Gannaway, Gleaves, Gose, Henley, Hines, Horn, Huddle, Huffman, Lease, Love, Newland, Noble, Nuckolls, Oats, Patton, Painter, Percival, Porter Reagh, Rosenbaum, Rutherford, Sanders, Smyth, Spangler, Spraker, Stanger, Swecker, Vaught, Ward, Worley, Adams, Arrnbrister, Cove Bakers, River Bakers, Bishop. Breckenridge, Calhoun, Carter, Cassell, Clark. Cooley, Craig, Cranston, Crockett, Dougherty, Finley, Friel, Glasgow, Graham, Halsey, Hart, Heldreth, Ho]ston, Keesling, Kent, McCaul, McGavock, Miller, Montgomery, Murphy, Noble, Patterson, Pinkley, Ouirk, Rader (Reeder), Ramsey, Sayers, Seybert, Shaffer, Shilliday, Simmennan, Smith (Smyth), Sprinkle, Toncray, Vance, Yerion. Thousands of lesser known connecting lines. Another Album of Wythe County, Virginia A collection of photographs and drawings by W.R. Chitwood and Mary B. Kegley. 144 photos, schools, churches, mills, hotels, houses. Still Another Album of Wythe County, Virginia A collection of photographs and drawings by W.R. Chitwood and Mary B. Kegley. 144 photographs hut no duplication. A Family Album of Wythe County, Virginia By Mary B. Kegley. A collection of 201 photographs of people in Wythe County. Most are from the 1880's and early 1900's. Reproduced from tintypes, portraits, studio photos, and daguerreotypes. Many pictures include more than one person. Glimpses of Wythe County, Virginia Compiled by Mary B. Kegley. Included articles published in "Kegley's Corner," 1983- 1985. Iron furnace history, mills, Civil War, etc., as well as many articles providing family history on Dr. John Haller, Moses Austing, the Jackson family, Jesse Evans, David Peirce, David Graham, William Herbert, the Steffeys, the Bralleys, the Straws, the Kegleys, the Grubbs, the Chaneys, the Lamberts, the Repasses, John Adams, the Seagles, and more. Photographs and index. Hard bound, dust jacket with map of the county. Glimpses of Wythe County, Volume 2 By Mary B. Kegley, 1988. 200 pp. illus, index, softbound. Includes articles published in "Kegley's Corner,"Dec.1985-Dec.1987. Also articles from Wythe County Historical Review, and reprint of out-of-print booklet, New River tithables, 1770-1773 by Mary B. Kegley. New material includes documented article on two Henry Umbergers. Other authors include W.R. Chitwood, M.D., Mrs. W.R. Chitwood, Mrs. Agnes Riley, and John Johnson. Family names include Ribble, McGavock, Umberger, Newell, Montgomery, Huddle, J.E.B. Stuart, Francis, Dean, Monroe, Sayers, Ramsey, Birch, Lewis Miller, Clark, Henley, Foglesong, Frisbie, Crockett (James and Andrew), Toncray, Holston, Ewing, and Christopher Simmerman. County Courthouses of Virginia Old and New By Mary Kegley Bucklen and Larrie L. Bucklen. 224 pages, 101 maps, 122 black and white photos of present county courthouses. More than 50 photos/illustrations of courthouses of the past. Ten of Virginia's finest in full color. Sketches of log, frame, stone, and brick courthouses with notes on architects and builders. Bibliography, index. Soldiers of Fincastle Co.. 1774 Compiled by Mary B. Kegley, 1974, reprinted 1990, soft bound, 89 pages, index. Approximately 1600 names appear in 21 militia companies and public service records. Wythe County Virginia: A Bicentennial History By Mary B. Kegley. 549 pages, more than 200 illustrations, bibliography, extensive index. Seal of County in full color on the cover. Contains references to hundreds of lawsuits, Town Minutes, Board of Supervisors records, early news papers, military records. Topical history with chapters on Archeology, Business, Industry, Religion, Education, Black History, Civil War, Spanish American War, Mexican War, Formation and Development of County, and much more. A must for researchers of Wythe County History. Southwest Virginia Tax Assessments, 1815 Covers Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, & Wythe Counties. Comp. by Mary B. Kegley, 1991, softbound, illustrations, l 66 pages, index. More than 1600 individual tax assessment tickets were abstracted. They give the location of the farm, acreage, names of the individual buildings, (many with measurements) on the premises. Slaves if owned. Total value given in most cases. Supplement to SW Virginia Tax Assessments, 1815 More than 500 additional tickets (388 of Washington County, and 67 from Scott, others Lee and Wythe) were discovered after the book was completed. Zion Church, Wythe County, Virginia: Annotated Baptismal Records, 1791-1835 Comp. by Mary B. Kegley, 1991, softbound, 98 pages, biblio., index, map. Original records in German, translated and annotated with wills, marriage records, lawsuits, deeds, court orders, and family records. Many from Rown County, NC and Pennsylvania, and moving on to Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and other places west. Some of the names included in the index are Arney, Bauer, Baugh, Brandstetter, Buck, Burkhardt, Collup, Copenhaver, Crigger, Darter, Deckert, Dutton, Earhart, Fox, Gose, Groseclose, Hedrick, Hillenberg, Hines, Huddle, Keesling, Kettering, Kimberling, Kinder, Kinzer, Lindamodd, Litz, Mease, Phillippi, Reichardt, Rosenbaum, Shupe, Spangler, Spraker, Stanger, Vanhuss (Huss), Vaught, Wampler, Wetzel, Wisman, Wiseley, Wolf, Worley, and many other connecting lines. St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wythe County, Va., Annotated Baptismal Records 1793-1833 Comp. by Mary B. Kegley, 1991, softbound, 51 pages, biblio., index, map. Original records in German, translated and annotated with wills, marriage records, lawsuits, deeds, court orders, and family records. Some of the names which appear in the index are Baugh, Buck, Baumgardner, Blessing, Brandstetter, Cassell, Cormany, Creger, Daude, Deckert, Dutton, Etter, Fox, Gose, Grubb, Hedrick, Hillenberg, Hounshell, Huddle, Kettering, Kinder, Kinser, King, Knipp, Lambert, Lindamood, Messersmith, Miller, Moyers, Neff, Nifong, Phillippi, Pickle, Rouse, Snaveley, Staley, Steffey, Stanger, Swallow, Tarter, Umbarger, Venrick, Wampler, Weaver, Wetzel, Wiseley, Wisman, and many other connecting lines. The Lost Children Of Wythe County, Virginia, 1790- 1878 Poor School Children, Orphans, and Apprentices from County Records. Comp. by Mary B. Kegley, 1995, 256 pages, soft bound, index, biblio., illus., 729 footnotes. School records, 1832-1SS0, gives age and name of parents/guardians. Orders 1790- 1850, names children and parent/guardians under various circumstances. Apprenticeship bonds, l820-1878, parents, trades, master and overseers of the poor mentioned. Abstracts of Court Orders of Wythe County, Virginia, 1790-1791; 1795-1810 Comp. by Mary B. Kegley, 1996, 222 pages, soft bound, index. The records of the regular activity of the court has been abstracted from books (without page numbers or indexes), with the genealogist in mind, and include military, road, probate, guardian information, and in some cases places of origin.