----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Worsham" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: Conley, Southampton Co., VA > Another geography question. We are trying to find the location of Conley. > We know that it was a post office in Southampton Co., Va. Patron has > postcards postmarked from there between 1910-1916. We haven't found it on > current USGS maps, and it was not listed in 1855 gazetteer of VA and WVA. It > is listed in Gannett's Gazetteer of Virginia and West Virginia, pub. in > 1904. We think this place may have been associated with one of the lumber > company railroads that were proliferating in this area during the early > 1900's, but haven't found it mentioned in any books (mostly unindexed) or > articles we have in the library. We had such a prompt response to our > question on Napkins Branch, I thought we'd try the list again for this > question. > Beverly Worsham > Rawls Library > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html >