Greg....just read you second message to the Wells group. Does the Historical
Society in the area of Big Stone Gap have anything? I am just talking here, I
have not attempted to do any research myself for the cemetery.
I am wondering about Zachariah's wife, Elizabeth that you mentioned. I
thought Zachariah was married to Rachel Shephard. There is a deed where she
is called Rachel. They had a daughter named Rachel (didn't everyone in those
days?) who was married to Solomon Yates, and their first child was called
Rachel. Granny Yates was Mary J. Wells (per their marriage license) and
became Solmon's 2/wife. So Granny raised her sister's three children as her
own. She ended up with 13 children, the last one an orphan boy who was raised
by her also. Don't know that he was adopted...probably not in those days.
I do thank you very much Greg. Do keep me posted even though I am gone.
Jean