VA-NC visit--approach to Salt Lake airport

Heading NW toward Utah Valley, Utah Lake in the sunset. In the top center is Hobble Creek Canyon, with Spanish fork Peak on the left, and on the far right, Provo Peak ridge, Cascade Peak, Timp, and Lone Peak

Provo Peak ridge, Cascade Peak, Timp, and Lone Peak ridge

 

Edge of Utah Lake, in the foreground North Orem, PG, AF, and Lehi, then Lone Peak ridge

Orem front center, Timp and Provo canyon, Deer Creek beyond the canyon, north Provo and Cascade Peak to the right, Lone Peak ridge to the far back left

Point of the Mtn with upper Lehi housing in front, Draper in the middle left, Alpine and AF canyon back right, then Lone Peak ridge, Little Cottonwood canyon, Twin Peaks ridge.  Draper temple is a bright dot on the top of Draper below Lone Peak.

VA-NC visit--Mt. Zion area scenes

High water on Cyprus Creek, from recent rains

Flooding in a black water swamp along the highway

Pine trees planted in rows like carrots, typical NC forest

Shepherd's home, were we stayed, at Cyprus Creek, in the area of Mt. Zion branch

VA-NC visit, going through Raleigh

We drove by the Raleigh temple, to see how the renovation project was coming.

West, entrance side

Celestial room, north side

Entrance, with skeleton of spire behind it

We also stopped at our favorite retro fast food place a few blocks from the temple, formerly called Andy's, now Route 55.

Checkerboard floor, and period murals

Complete with Elvis picture, also James Dean and Marilyn

VA-NC trip--Thursday May 17, Rockingham County visit

Ancient house on Whetstone Creek area in Rockingham County, NC.  It was built about 1800 by Michael Thomas, a possible distant relative of ours. 

 

With Bob Carter and house owner, Tim Turner

Old millstone on Thomas place

2nd old house of the Thomas family, located in Irving Road, off Whetstone Creek Road.  Older part was built about 1860 by members of Thomas family.

Bob C got in this shot also

Whetstone Creek is tiny, where the Whetstone Creek Road crosses it.

Abandoned graves at former site of a church, Wesley Chapel.  That church was constructed in 1826, redone in 1880, then sold to another church group and moved from this site.

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church at the Settle Bridge Road crossing of NC-135, with Lewis graves

John Franklin Lewis (md Susan Francis Dodson), son of Powhatton Green Lewis (md Molly A. "Polly" Barnes), son of John Lewis Jr. (md Sarah Lewis), son of John Penn Lewis (md Elizabeth Sams), son of William Langston Lewis      SOURCE: The Lewis Family, vol. 1

Jettie May Sands married George Washington Lewis, son of John Franklin Lewis (md Susan Francis Dodson), son of Powhatton Green Lewis (md Molly A. "Polly" Barnes), son of John Lewis Jr. (md Sarah Lewis), son of John Penn Lewis (md Elizabeth Sams), son of William Langston Lewis      SOURCE: The Lewis Family, vol. 1

Sarah Thomas "Sally" Lewis, died unmarried.  She was the daughter of John Fields Lewis (md Nancy Ann Barnes), son of Robert Pinckney Lewis (md Rebecca Thomas), son of William Langston Lewis.  Joseph Henry Pratt was the only son of James R. Pratt and Ruth Jane Lewis (sister of Sally), so also was descended from William Langston Lewis, and was a nephew of Sally.  His father died in the Civil War and Sally and Ruth Jane lived together, with Joseph. Sally continued to live with her nephew the remainder of her life, even after Ruth Jane died (1889) and also after he married a young wife, Essie Barker, at age 56, in 1919.  He died 20 Jun 1935, 4 years after his Aunt Sally, and leaving a wife and 3 children. 

VA-NC trip--sightseeing, Hollywood Cemetery

The Hollywood Cemetery is an old cemetery in Richmnd VA, located on a bluff overlooking the James River.  Its name seems to have nothing to do the movie place.  It contains graves for two US Presidents, CSA President Jefferson Davis, and other prominent persons, and also a lot of confederate soldier graves including many men killed at the battle of Gettysburg.

James River view

View southwest, including Belle Isle across the river on the left

View southeast, including Robert E Lee bridge (with walkway underneath)

Gettysburg gravesites

Retrieving Confederate dead from Gettysburg

Gen. Pickett buried with his men

 

Gravestones for Confederate Gettysburg casualties

"Fate denied them victory but gave them a glorious immortality"

Memorial to Confederate women

Jefferson Davis gravesite

President James Monroe gravesite

President John Tyler gravesite