1.  JACOB1 RASNAKE SR (#1507) was born circa 1749. JACOB died 1826 at 77 years of age.
 He married MARY 'MOLLIE' COUNTS in Shenandoah Co, VA, 25 Feb 1784.  (MARY 'MOLLIE' COUNTS  is #1506.)  MARY was born circa 1763.  MARY was the daughter of JOHN COUNTS Sr and MARY MAGDELINE .
 Per E. J. Sutherland, Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, COUNTS B-2, page 24, :
 Jacob Rasnake was German.  When about 18 years of age, he was conscripted by his ruler, probably in Hesse-Cassel, and hired to the British as a soldier in the American Revolution.  Family tradition is that he was threshing wheat when seized by military officers.  Failing to secure his release, his mother gave him a German Bible for use in the far-away land.
 He ame to America with the Hessian Troops, was captured at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, and held as a prisoner of war  -  most of the time in the Valley of Virginia.  When the War was over, the Hessian Prisoners were given the option of being returned to Europe or denouncing their rulers and remaining in America.  He chose to stay in the New World.
 He had already found many Germans, blood and speech of his own, in the Shenandoah Valley and, the year after peace brought his release from the war prison, he married one of them.  Shenandoah Tax records show tha he owned 2 horses and 2 cattle the year following his marriage.
 About 1789, they moved to Russell County, VA and settled in Glade Hollow, a few miles from the place her parents later settled.  Here they spent the remainder of their lives.  In 1796, he also purchased 164 acres from Zach Henderson and wife.
 Jacob Rasnake served as a juror in April 1791; as a grand juror in November 1793; and at other times.  Russell County Census for 1820 shows 2 mals and 3 females in the family and only two other Rasnake families  -  Jacob, Jr. and John.
 Jacob Rasnake's will was dated 24 Nov 1826 and probated on 2 Jan 1827.  Mary died some years later.  The sale bill of her property was recorded 18 Oct 1834.  Both are buried on their home place in Glade Hollow where a marker, dedicated by their descendants on 16 Oct 1977, honors these early pioneers.

      JACOB RASNAKE Sr and MARY 'MOLLIE' COUNTS  had the following family:

      2  i.  ELIJAH2 was born circa 1788
      3  ii.  JACOB JR was born circa 1788
      4  iii.  CHRISTINE "CHRISSA" was born circa 1796
      5  iv.  JONAS was born 13 Aug 1802
        v.  NAPOLEON BONEPARTE "BONE"(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS D-26, page 39) (#13146) was born 15 Nov 1837.  NAPOLEON died 24 Dec 1894 at 57 years of age.  He married MARGARET RASNAKE in Russell Co, VA, 14 Dec 1858.  (MARGARET RASNAKE  is #13147.)  MARGARET was born 14 Mar 1841.  MARGARET (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS D-57, page 65) was the daughter of JONAS RASNAKE  and RACHEL LAFORCE .  MARGARET died about 1927.

 2.  ELIJAH2 RASNAKE (JACOB1) (#1998) was born circa 1788.  ELIJAH died 14 Jun 1868 at 79 years of age.
 He married twice.  He married ELIZABETH SKEEN circa 1820.  (ELIZABETH SKEEN  is #2107.)  ELIZABETH died before 1837.
 They lived in Glade Hollow, where she is buried.
 He married ELIZABETH LITTON circa 1836.  (ELIZABETH LITTON  is #1999.)
 Elijah and his first wife, Elizabeth Skeen, lived in Glade Hollow where she is buried.  Elijah and his second wife, Elizabeth Litton, lived on the Thomps Musick Place on Weavers Creek near Artrip. Both ae buried there.  Per E. J. Sutherland's Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, C-3, pages 37-39.
 He had 15 children.  Five by his first wife and ten children by his second wife.

      ELIJAH RASNAKE  and ELIZABETH SKEEN  had the following family:

      6  i.  STEPHEN3 was born circa 1822
      7  ii.  HANNAH was born circa 1834

 ELIJAH RASNAKE  and ELIZABETH LITTON  had the following family:

      8  iii.  MARGARET was born 1838
      9  iv.  WILLIAM 'HONEY BILL' was born circa 1845
      10  v.  VINCENT was born circa 1846
      11  vi.  ELIZA was born 15 Apr 1858
      12  vii.  ELIHU JACKSON "TIGE" was born 29 May 1866

 3.  JACOB2 RASNAKE JR (JACOB1) (#7776) was born circa 1788.
 He married JUDITH FINNEY in Russell Co, VA.  (JUDITH FINNEY  is #7777.)  JUDITH was born circa 1793.  JUDITH was the daughter of GEORGE FINNEY .  He was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and came with his parents to Russell County in 1791.  He was recommended for promotion from Ensign to Lt. in Capt. Thomas Hendrick's Company, 72nd Militia Regiment on 6 Dec 1810.  They lived on a farm in Glade Hollow.  He died in the 1860s.

      JACOB RASNAKE Jr and JUDITH FINNEY  had the following family:

      13  i.  ELIJAH3 was born 16 Jun 1811

 4.  CHRISTINE "CHRISSA"2 RASNAKE (JACOB1) (#10069) was born circa 1796.
 She married JOHN FULLER.  (JOHN FULLER  is #10070.)  JOHN was the son of GEORGE FULLER .  His father, George Fuller, lived in North Carolina.  It is said that George Fuller came from Scotland.  John and Chrissa settled on Fuller Hill near Sandlick; moved to Buchanan County.  Both are buried there.  No John Fuller appears in the 1870 Census, but one Lucretia, age 70, is listed in the household of Elijah (D-45); (their first child).

      CHRISTINE "CHRISSA" RASNAKE  and JOHN FULLER  had the following family:

      14  i.  JONAS3 was born 1824

 5.  JONAS2 RASNAKE (JACOB1) (#1528) was born 13 Aug 1802.  JONAS died 13 Feb 1879 at 76 years of age.
 He married RACHEL LAFORCE.  (RACHEL LAFORCE  is #1530.)  RACHEL was born circa 1813.  RACHEL was the daughter of MONCIER "MONT" LAFORCE  and CATHERINE 'KATIE' SUTHERLAND .  RACHEL died 29 May 1873 at 59 years of age.

      JONAS RASNAKE  and RACHEL LAFORCE  had the following family:

      15  i.  JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES'3.
      16  ii.  CATHERINE 'KATY' was born 24 Apr 1832
      17  iii.  ELIJAH LAFORCE was born 9 Jun 1835
      18  iv.  JAMES HARVEY was born 13 Jun 1837
      19  v.  MARY was born 6 Jun 1839
        vi.  MARGARET(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS D-57, page 65) (#13147) was born 14 Mar 1841.  MARGARET died about 1927.  She married NAPOLEON BONEPARTE "BONE" RASNAKE in Russell Co, VA, 14 Dec 1858.  (NAPOLEON BONEPARTE "BONE" RASNAKE  is #13146.)  NAPOLEON was born 15 Nov 1837.  NAPOLEON (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS D-26, page 39) was the son of JACOB RASNAKE Sr and MARY 'MOLLIE' COUNTS .  NAPOLEON died 24 Dec 1894 at 57 years of age.
      20  vii.  MARTHA was born 3 Jan 1843
      21  viii.  SARAH was born 25 Dec 1844
      22  ix.  NOAH KERNAN "DOCK" was born 25 Oct 1846
      23  x.  HENRY CLAY was born 20 Mar 1850

 6.  STEPHEN3 RASNAKE (ELIJAH2, JACOB1) (#2108) was born circa 1822.
 He married WINNIE ARTRIP.  (WINNIE ARTRIP  is #621.)  WINNIE was born in Russell Co, VA circa 1829.  WINNIE was the daughter of JAMES H. ARTRIP  and MARY "POLLY" KISER .  They lived on Hurricane Fork of Dumps Creek, Russell County, Va.  He owned  a large tract of valuable coal and timber land ... accumulated a considerable amount of money. For many years he would not accept any kind of money but gold or silver coins.  Later ... he would accept currency but no checks.

      STEPHEN RASNAKE  and WINNIE ARTRIP  had the following family:

      24  i.  STEPHEN JR4.
        ii.  VIRGINIA JANE "JENNY" (#2106) was born circa 1853.  She married ELIJAH BREEDING.  (ELIJAH BREEDING  is #3047.)  ELIJAH was born in Russell Co, VA 1859.  ELIJAH was the son of SPENCER BREEDING II and HANNAH RASNICK .
        iii.  MARY 'POP' (#2109) was born circa 1856.  She married STEPHEN SMITH in Russell Co, VA, 6 Mar 1888.  (STEPHEN SMITH  is #2122.)  STEPHEN was born 5 Nov 1853.  STEPHEN was the son of GEORGE WASHINGTON 'SCRIBE' SMITH  and VIRGINIA JANE 'JENNIE' ARTRIP .  He married JANE TAYLOR.  STEPHEN died 1944 at 90 years of age.  They lived at Honaker, had no children.
        iv.  JAMES (#2110) was born circa 1858.
      25  v.  WINNIE 'SIS' was born circa 1860
        vi.  SARAH 'SALLIE' (#2118) was born circa 1864.  SARAH died 1940 at 76 years of age.  She never married, lived with her sister Nancy at their father's old home place.
        vii.  NANCY (#2119) was born circa 1865.  She never married, lived with her sister Sallie at their father's old home place.

 7.  HANNAH3 RASNICK (ELIJAH2 RASNAKE, JACOB1) (#2690) was born circa 1834.
 She married SPENCER BREEDING II in Russell Co, VA, 28 Aug 1856.  (SPENCER BREEDING II is #2689.)  SPENCER was born in Russell Co, VA 26 Dec 1835.  SPENCER was the son of ELIJAH BREEDING  and SUSANNA ARTRIP .  SPENCER died 3 Sep 1867 at 31 years of age.  He was baptized in Russell Co, VA, 24 Aug 1856. Religion: religion unknown.
 He was named for his grandfather who died the year before.
 Per E. J. Sutherland: "Minutes of Reeds Valley Baptist Church show he was received as a member by experience and baptism on 24 Aug 1856."

      HANNAH RASNICK  and SPENCER BREEDING II had the following family:

        i.  MARY 'POLLY'4 (#3043).  She married NOAH RASNICK.  (NOAH RASNICK  is #3044.)
      26  ii.  WINNIE was born 1857
        iii.  ELIJAH (#3047) was born in Russell Co, VA 1859.  He married VIRGINIA JANE "JENNY" RASNAKE.  (VIRGINIA JANE "JENNY" RASNAKE  is #2106.)  VIRGINIA was born circa 1853.  VIRGINIA was the daughter of STEPHEN RASNAKE  and WINNIE ARTRIP .
        iv.  JAMES HARVEY (#3049) was born in Russell Co, VA 1863.  He married REBECCA BUSH.  (REBECCA BUSH  is #4513.)
        v.  JOHN (#3042) was born circa 1865.  He married NANNIE.  (NANNIE  is #4512.)

 8.  MARGARET3 RASNICK (ELIJAH2 RASNAKE, JACOB1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., D-25, Counts page 48) (#2688) was born 1838.  MARGARET died 11 Oct 1883 at 45 years of age.
 She married twice.  She married JAMES HARVEY BREEDING.  (JAMES HARVEY BREEDING  is #2687.)  JAMES was born in Russell Co, VA 31 Mar 1834.  JAMES was the son of ELIJAH BREEDING  and SUSANNA ARTRIP .  She married JOHN POWERS.  (JOHN POWERS  is #3036.)  JOHN was born 1804.  JOHN (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., D-25, Counts page 38) was the son of JOHN MICHAEL POWERS .  JOHN died 6 Apr 1885 at 80 years of age.
 They lived on a farm at the head of Frying Pan Creek near Carrie.  Both were members of Sulpher Spring Baptist Church and were buried on their homeplace.  He was from Montgomery County, VA.

      MARGARET RASNICK  and JAMES HARVEY BREEDING  had the following family:

      27  i.  ALBERT "AB"4.

 MARGARET RASNICK  and JOHN POWERS  had the following family:

        ii.  VIRGINIA (#3040).
        iii.  ELIZA (#3041).
      28  iv.  RUSSELL was born 10 Dec 1867
        v.  VINCENT(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., E-77, Counts page 38) (#3038) was born 1869.  VINCENT died 20 Jan 1944 at 74 years of age.  He married NANCY "NANNIE" LAMBERT in Dickenson Co, VA, 18 Jun 1890.  (NANCY "NANNIE" LAMBERT  is #12691.)  NANCY was born ca 1872.  NANCY was the daughter of JACOB LAMBERT  and S. E. .  NANCY died 23 Mar 1976 at 103 years of age (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., E-77, Counts page 38).
    She was 104 years old at death.
        vi.  ARCHIBALD (#3039) was born 1882.  ARCHIBALD died 7 May 1942 at 59 years of age.  He married FLORENCE KISER in Dickenson Co, VA, 15 Jan 1930 (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., E-78, Counts page 38).  (FLORENCE KISER  is #12694.)  FLORENCE was born ca 1882.  FLORENCE was the daughter of MARY KISER .

 9.  WILLIAM 'HONEY BILL'3 RASNAKE (ELIJAH2, JACOB1) (#2000) was born circa 1845.
 He married MARY J. ARTRIP in Russell Co, VA, 4 Dec 1867.  (MARY J. ARTRIP  is #1997.)  MARY was born 1846.  MARY was the daughter of WILLIAM ARTRIP  and MARY 'POP' SUTHERLAND .  They lived in the Sink Holes section of Russell County, Virginia.  Both are buried there.  He was a member of Co. E., 21st Virginia Cavalry.

      WILLIAM 'HONEY BILL' RASNAKE  and MARY J. ARTRIP  had the following family:

        i.  ALVIN4 (#9007).
        ii.  FLETCHER (#9008).
        iii.  GRANVILLE (#9009).
        iv.  TOLBY (#9010).
        v.  ALTA (#9011).
        vi.  CALLIE (#9012).  She married WILLIAM R. BUMGARNER in Russell Co, VA, 23 Dec 1891.  She was listed as age 22 and he as age 24 on the marriage record. (WILLIAM R. BUMGARNER  is #9013.)  He was from Washington County, Virginia.
        vii.  EMMETT (#9014).  He married ROZINA "ROSA" RASNAKE in Russell Co, VA, 3 Feb 1894.  He was listed as age 24, she as age 17 on the marriage record. (ROZINA "ROSA" RASNAKE  is #9015.)  They had 6 children.
        viii.  WINNIE (#9016).  She married L. L. CAMPBELL in Russell Co, VA, 6 Feb 1894.  She was listed as age 15, he as age 19 on the marriage record. (L. L. CAMPBELL  is #9017.)  L. was the son of V. M. CAMPBELL  and MARY .  His parents were from Monroe County, Virginia.

 10.  VINCENT3 RASNAKE (ELIJAH2, JACOB1) (#9025) was born circa 1846.
 He married NANCY WILSON in Russell Co, VA, 25 Apr 1873.  (NANCY WILSON  is #9026.)  NANCY was born circa 1851.  NANCY was the daughter of ADAM WILSON  and REBECCA .

      VINCENT RASNAKE  and NANCY WILSON  had the following family:

        i.  BEAUTY4 (#3055).  She married FRANK RASNICK in Russell Co, VA, 30 Jun 1913.  They were both 21 according to the marriage record. (FRANK RASNICK  is #3054.)  FRANK was the son of CHARLES RASNICK  and WINNIE BREEDING .

 11.  ELIZA3 RASNAKE (ELIJAH2, JACOB1) (#3463) was born in Weavers Creek, Russell Co, VA 15 Apr 1858.  ELIZA died 2 Jul 1932 at 74 years of age.
 She married COWAN MUSICK in Russell Co, VA, 12 Aug 1886.  (COWAN MUSICK  is #3462.)  COWAN was born in Russell Co, VA 18 Oct 1865.  COWAN was the son of JACOB MUSICK  and LAVICA "VICY" BREEDING .  COWAN died 9 Feb 1943 at 77 years of age.

      ELIZA RASNAKE  and COWAN MUSICK  had the following family:

        i.  WILLIAM4 (#3489) was born 18 Apr 1885.
        ii.  EMMA (#3490) was born 2 Feb 1887.
        iii.  ELSIE (#3491) was born 23 Oct 1891.
        iv.  STEVEN (#3492) was born 29 Aug 1894.
        v.  DOCK (#3493) was born 19 Jan 1896.  He married CHLOE MUSICK.  (CHLOE MUSICK  is #3494.)

 12.  ELIHU JACKSON "TIGE"3 RASNAKE (ELIJAH2, JACOB1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., E-83 pg 39) (#2196) was born 29 May 1866.  ELIHU died 23 Apr 1945 at 78 years of age.
 He married MELVINA POWERS in Dickenson Co, VA, 27 Jun 1889.  (MELVINA POWERS  is #2195.)  MELVINA was born 25 Jul 1867.  MELVINA (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS E-83, page 39) was the daughter of CHARLES CARTER POWERS  and NANCY ARTRIP .  MELVINA died 17 Dec 1942 at 75 years of age.

      ELIHU JACKSON "TIGE" RASNAKE  and MELVINA POWERS  had the following family:

        i.  EUNICE 'UNA' CATHERINE4 (#2197) was born 1890.  EUNICE died 3 Mar 1936 at 45 years of age.
        ii.  JOHN MARSHALL (#2198) was born 21 Apr 1892.  JOHN died 8 Aug 1964 at 72 years of age.
        iii.  NAPOLEON BONEPARTE (#2199) was born 26 Mar 1894.  NAPOLEON died 18 Sep 1940 at 46 years of age.
      29  iv.  NAPOLEON BONEPARTE was born 26 Mar 1894
        v.  PHILADELPHIA (#2200) was born 12 Jun 1896.
        vi.  MARY ONIA (#2201) was born 4 Apr 1899.  MARY died 30 Jun 1975 at 76 years of age.
      30  vii.  MARTHA ELIZABETH 'BESS' was born 2 Feb 1901
        viii.  MARY MAGDELINE (#2203) was born 1904.  died young
        ix.  CHARLES ROBERT (#2204) was born 2 May 1905.  He married BETTY FRANCES SUTHERLAND in Dickenson Co, VA, 11 Jul 1929.  (BETTY FRANCES SUTHERLAND  is #10125.)  BETTY was the daughter of GEORGE LUNDY SUTHERLAND  and DONA MORINA TAYLOR .  They lived near Selton and at Clinchco before moving to near Clintwood in 1934.  He was a miner and a merchant.  They had no children.
        x.  HENRY (#2205) was born 13 Nov 1910.

 13.  ELIJAH3 RASNAKE (JACOB2, JACOB1) (#7779) was born 16 Jun 1811.  ELIJAH died 6 Dec 1897 at 86 years of age.
 He married MARTHA "MATTIE" HOBBS in Russell Co, VA.  (MARTHA "MATTIE" HOBBS  is #7780.)  MARTHA was born Mar 1811.  MARTHA was the daughter of HENRY HOBBS .  MARTHA died May 1902 at 91 years of age.  He purchased a farm and settled on Hurricane Fork of Dumps Creek in russell County. His grandson, Elijah (F-51), recalled visiting there many times, and that his grandfather "bought and gave me my first pair of store shoes when I was 17 or 18 years old."  COUNTS D-8 pg. 30.

      ELIJAH RASNAKE  and MARTHA "MATTIE" HOBBS  had the following family:

      31  i.  JAMES4 was born 16 Jun 1838
      32  ii.  ANNA was born circa 1847
      33  iii.  STEPHEN was born 16 Jan 1852

 14.  JONAS3 FULLER (CHRISTINE "CHRISSA"2 RASNAKE, JACOB1) (#10072) was born 1824.  JONAS died 14 Aug 1909 at 85 years of age.
 He married RODAH FULLER.  (RODAH FULLER  is #10073.)  RODAH was born 1832.  RODAH was the daughter of THOMAS FULLER  and ANNIE GOBBLE .  Both joined the Sandlick Baptist Church in September, 1897.

      JONAS FULLER  and RODAH FULLER  had the following family:

      34  i.  MARY "POLLY" ANNE4 was born 18 Sep 1850

 15.  JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES'3 RASNICK (JONAS2 RASNAKE, JACOB1) (#4402) birth date unknown.
 He married MARGARET SMITH.  (MARGARET SMITH  is #4403.)

      JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES' RASNICK  and MARGARET SMITH  had the following family:

      35  i.  NANCY4.
      36  ii.  JAMES HARVEY was born 3 Jul 1842

 16.  CATHERINE 'KATY'3 RASNICK (JONAS2 RASNAKE, JACOB1) (#1529) was born 24 Apr 1832.  CATHERINE died 24 Dec 1910 at 78 years of age.
 She married ELIJAH SHELBY COUNTS 23 Nov 1848.  (ELIJAH SHELBY COUNTS  is #1527.)  ELIJAH was born 10 Feb 1828.  ELIJAH was the son of JOSHUA COUNTS  and MARTHA KISER .  ELIJAH died 18 Oct 1907 at 79 years of age.  They lived a few years at Cleveland, Va; a year at the home of his sister, Sylvia (d-130); and a year in a hunter’s cabin at the mouth of Josh’s Branch of Lick Creek before erecting a hewn log house about a mile downstream in 1854.  This became their permanent home.  It is said the neighbors were invited to a house-raising and that the walls of Elijah’s house and those of his brother Noah (D-133), some two miles down stream, were both raised on the same day.  The land on which the house was built was conveyed to him by his father in 1873.  The same year he also purchased an adjoining tract of 670 acres from Dale Carter which, with his 200 adjoining acres purchased from Warders in 1860, gave him a total of 1270 acres - later surveyed to be in reality 2500 acres.  While much of his early life was spent hunting deer, bear, wolves, turkey and other wild game in this wilderness, he and his children also cleared many acres for farming.
As his lick Creek home was located consecutively in three counties, Elijah served as Overseer of the Poor, Russell County, 1852-58; Census Enumerator, Buchanan County, 1860; first Clerk of Sandlick District School Board, 1870; first Overseer of the Poor, Dickenson County.  Because of physical disabilities, he was exempted from military service during the Civil War.  He tried to remain neutral but suffered some harassment. Being better educated than most of his neighbors, he was persuaded to teach a term or two of school after the war. He donated the hunter’s cabin on Josh’s Branch for the school house.
Church records show Katy transferred her membership by letter from Reeds Valley Baptist Church to Sandlick Primitive Baptist Church in November 1866; was dismissed by letter in 1881.  In 1874, Elijah became a member of Reeds Valley Primitive Baptist Church.  He later moved his membership to Sulphur Spring Church.  Licensed to preach on June 1, 1875, he pastored several churches during his 32 year in the ministry.  At the first meeting of the Washington District Primitive Baptist Association after his death, his obituary (written by William B. Sutherland, E-646, son of his sister Sylvia) was ordered published. It stated:
"A firmer man never lived ... Opposed to the introduction of new things amongst the Baptists ... Brother Counts traveled many miles through wet and dry, heat and cold, preaching the glad tidings of great joy, and in his latter days was undoubtedly possessed with brighter views and revelation.  He was entertaining and instructive in his conversation.  He seemed to be greatly impressed in teaching the practical duties of the church and the discriminating laws of Zion and in unfolding the glorious mysteries of the oracles of God’s Word to the edification of the Saints and the feeding of both the sheep and the lambs.  The doctrine ... was not his own, but His who sent him.  He sought not to please men, thereby proving to be a servant of God, ever standing firm upon the walls of Zion and preaching salvation by grace through Christ, and that grace given in Christ before the world began.  We traveled with him much amongst the churches and to associations and, the more we traveled together, the better we loved him. He was honored and esteemed by all sound Primitive Baptists."
Late in life, Elijah thought more and more about his maternal grandfather, Abednego Kiser, who had died in the service of his country before the age of 30, and was buried at Norfolk. In 1907, Elder Counts decided to travel to Norfolk to see the Jamestown Exposition and to search for the grave of his grandfather. On 6 Oct. 1907, he rode horseback the 20 miles to the nearest railroad station at Cleveland, expecting to take the eastbound train the next morning.  He spent the night with relatives, but morning found him too ill to travel. Lingering until the 16th, he quietly passed away near the place of his birth and was buried in his father’s graveyard.  For a more complete sketch of the life of Elijah Shelby Counts, see "Some Sandy Basin Characters" by Elihu Jasper Sutherland, pages 67-89.  From E. J. Sutherland's Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, COUNTS D131 pg. 221
 

      CATHERINE 'KATY' RASNICK  and ELIJAH SHELBY COUNTS  had the following family:

        i.  MARTHA4 (#1605) was born 1 Sep 1849.  MARTHA died 6 Oct 1893 at 44 years of age.  She never married, remained at home with her parents.
      37  ii.  JONAS WALKER was born 23 Mar 1851
      38  iii.  JOSHUA CLARENCE was born 13 Apr 1853
      39  iv.  STEPHEN DOUGLAS was born 26 Nov 1855
      40  v.  NOAH KERNAN was born 15 Feb 1858
      41  vi.  RICHARD LYNCH was born 18 May 1860
      42  vii.  RACHEL was born 19 May 1862
      43  viii.  MARGARET was born 30 Mar 1864
      44  ix.  MARY AMA was born 26 Jul 1866
      45  x.  SYLVIA SUTHERLAND was born 14 Oct 1868
      46  xi.  GARLAND BRUCE was born 24 Jul 1870
      47  xii.  PHOEBE CATHERINE was born 21 Sep 1877

 17.  ELIJAH LAFORCE3 RASNAKE (JONAS2, JACOB1) (#2173) was born 9 Jun 1835.  ELIJAH died 19 Jul 1907 at 72 years of age.  His body was interred near Artrip, Russell Co, VA.
 He married MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING 15 Jan1857.  (MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING  is #2693.)  MARY was born 23 Aug 1839.  MARY was the daughter of ELIJAH BREEDING  and SUSANNA ARTRIP .  MARY died 18 Apr 1905 at 65 years of age.  Her body was interred 21 Apr 1905 in Artrip, Russell Co, VA, Breeding Family Cemetery.  They lived at the head of Lefthand Fork of Lick Creek; moved near Artrip in 1890.  He enlisted in Co. E, 21st Va Cavalry on 28 Mar 1863 for the duration of the Civil War.  In october 1864, while with his company in Buchanan County retarding the retreat of General Burbridge from his unsuccessful attach on Saltville, Elijah was captured by the enemy.  His captors told him that at the first shot from one of his comrades, he would be shot in retaliation.  Soon some shots came from the hills - without hesitation, he plunged down a steep embankment, swam Levisa River and escaped unscathed through a hail of bullets. COUNTS D-54 pg 48-55

      ELIJAH LAFORCE RASNAKE  and MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING  had the following family:

      48  i.  SYLVIA4 was born 31 Jan 1858
      49  ii.  SUSAN ANNA was born 29 Jan 1859
      50  iii.  RACHEL MATILDA was born 23 May 1860
        iv.  JAMES 'JEAMS' HARVEY (#3065) was born 24 Oct 1861.  JAMES died 10 Nov 1932 at 71 years of age.  He never married.
      51  v.  ELIHU JACKSON was born 12 Mar 1863
      52  vi.  CLEMENT LAIRD VALLANDINGHAM was born 28 Jun 1864
      53  vii.  JOSEPH HENRY was born 5 Apr 1866
      54  viii.  ELIZABETH FRANCES was born 1 May 1868
      55  ix.  MARGARET TENNESSEE was born 19 Apr 1872
      56  x.  LOUISA JANE was born 15 Sep 1874
      57  xi.  MARY ALICE was born 8 Jul 1881

 18.  JAMES HARVEY3 RASNICK (JONAS2 RASNAKE, JACOB1) (#1541) was born 13 Jun 1837.  JAMES died 19 Feb 1898 at 60 years of age.
 He married MARGARET COUNTS in Russell Co, VA, 2 Nov 1854.  (MARGARET COUNTS  is #1540.)  MARGARET was born 12 Mar 1833.  MARGARET was the daughter of JOSHUA COUNTS  and MARTHA KISER .  MARGARET died 27 Aug 1908 at 75 years of age.

      JAMES HARVEY RASNICK  and MARGARET COUNTS  had the following family:

      58  i.  WILLIAM S.4 was born 7 Sep 1855
      59  ii.  ELIJAH was born 7 Apr 1857
      60  iii.  RACHEL was born 29 Jan 1859
        iv.  JOSHUA C. (#1628) was born 28 Mar 1860.  He married LYDIA SMITH in Dickenson Co, VA, 30 May 1883.  On the marriage record she is listed as age 16. (LYDIA SMITH  is #7713.)  LYDIA was the daughter of GEORGE W. SMITH  and "VINDA" .
        v.  JONAS B. (#1629) was born 21 Feb 1862.  JONAS died 28 Aug 1895 at 33 years of age.
      61  vi.  NOAH WEBSTER was born 1 Jan 1864
      62  vii.  EZEKIEL C. was born 28 Mar 1866
      63  viii.  MARY "POLLY" "POP" was born 8 Feb 1868
      64  ix.  JAMES HENRY was born 8 Feb 1872
        x.  NEWTON DOUGLAS (#1634) was born 8 Mar 1874.  NEWTON died 19 Nov 1948 at 74 years of age.  He married ROSA MALISSA MCCOY.  (ROSA MALISSA MCCOY  is #7740.)  ROSA was the daughter of JOHN MCCOY  and NANCY CATHERINE GRIZZLE .  They lived near Dante.  He was a farmer and orchardist.

 19.  MARY3 RASNICK (JONAS2 RASNAKE, JACOB1) (#4440) was born 6 Jun 1839.  MARY died 8 Feb 1901 at 61 years of age.
 She married WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRIZZEL circa 1857.  (WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRIZZEL  is #4437.)  WILLIAM was born 26 Jul 1836.  WILLIAM was the son of JESSE GRIZZLE .  WILLIAM died 20 Jan 1905 at 68 years of age.

      MARY RASNICK  and WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRIZZEL  had the following family:

      65  i.  JONAS BUCHANAN4 was born 1 Feb 1859
      66  ii.  JESSE JEFFERSON was born 5 Aug 1860

 20.  MARTHA3 RASNAKE (JONAS2, JACOB1) (#7734) was born 3 Jan 1843.  MARTHA died 9 Feb 1920 at 77 years of age.
 She married JOHN HAMMON GRIZZLE 30 Nov 1860.  (JOHN HAMMON GRIZZLE  is #7735.)  JOHN was born 27 Dec 1837.  JOHN was the son of JESSEE GRIZZLE  and NANCY FRANKLIN .  JOHN died 12 Jun 1913 at 75 years of age.  They lived at Dante; moved to Maynardsville, Tennessee.  He served in Co. 3., 32st Va. Cav; was a Supervisor, Ervinton District, Dickenson County, Virginia.  Both are buried in Braden Cemetery near Maynardsville.

      MARTHA RASNAKE  and JOHN HAMMON GRIZZLE  had the following family:

      67  i.  NANCY CATHERINE4 was born 16 Oct 1867

 21.  SARAH3 RASNAKE (JONAS2, JACOB1) (#9648) was born in Clinchfield, Russell Co, VA 25 Dec 1844.  SARAH died 6 May 1914 at 69 years of age.
 She married WILLIAM HAMON AMBURGEY in Russell Co, VA, 20 Nov 1860.  (WILLIAM HAMON AMBURGEY  is #9649.)  WILLIAM was born 15 May 1840.  WILLIAM was the son of JOHN AMBURGEY Jr and AILY GRIZZEL .  WILLIAM died 12 Mar 1916 at 75 years of age.  They lived on Gravel Lick, where he was a deputy sheriff; they divorced.

      SARAH RASNAKE  and WILLIAM HAMON AMBURGEY  had the following family:

      68  i.  ELIJAH4 was born 27 Jul 1864

 22.  NOAH KERNAN "DOCK"3 RASNAKE (JONAS2, JACOB1) (#9704) was born 25 Oct 1846.  NOAH died 29 Feb 1932 at 85 years of age.
 He married MARGARET KELLY in Russell Co, VA, 15 Dec 1870.  (MARGARET KELLY  is #9705.)  MARGARET was born 18 Apr 1850.  MARGARET was the daughter of JOSEPH KELLY  and ELIZABETH COUNTS .  MARGARET died 13 Dec 1933 at 83 years of age.  On 19 Jul 1927, she reminisced to E. J. S.:  "I was born at Clinchfield, Russell County, Va ... I remember my grandfather, Joseph counts, moved to Iuka, Missippi, when I was about ten years old ... His, son, Uncle Andy Counts, had gone there when a young man ... Great Grandfather Counts (B-3) wa pretty strict. When Grandpa Joe was nearly twenty-one, they were clearing the bottom at Cleveland, just across the Clinch River ... Grandpa left the house the night before he was free and went out with some boys without asking his father ... The next day Great Grandpa whipped him with a big hickory root.  It made Grandpa so mad that he tried to fell a big tree on his father, but it didn't fall right ... He left and went to the Salt Works at Saltville, where he stayed for sometime ... I've heard my grandmother, Sallie (Sarah Long) Counts, tell of living at Sandlick.  While there, they often had to beat out meal with a maul and had bear middlin's as thick as a case-knife was long ... They raised enough cattle to buy a farm at Carterton from Truelove Brown.  Uncle Bill and mother and Tom and Josh were born at Sandlick.  Tom died and was buried there. Mother was the oldest of the family.  She couldn't remember seeing Uncle Tom, but she could remember Uncle Josh who died at Carterton after they moved there.  Uncle billy Counts' girl, Susie (E-350), was taken by her grandmother Counts, and she died there when she was a great big girl. My grandparents lived at Carterton until they moved South.  The farm is in a big river bottom and was later owned by Jack Carter ... Great Grandpa, Billy Long, lived beyond Lebanon.  He had a son named James who moved to Alabama and became wealthy - owned 90 slaves.  He willed five of them to his sister, Grandma Counts, and nine to his sister, Nancy Kiser, the wife of John Kiser.  Grandpa Counts, Uncle Andy Kiser and father went down there after them.  While there, Grandpa stopped at Uncle Henry Long's and at Uncle Andy Counts' - they were neighbors.  They brought two slave men, Mose and Bert.  Mose's wife, Tempy, became Uncle Jeff Jesse's slave.  Bert was single. Three others were left at Uncle Andy Counts'.  Sally was the mother of Mose and Bert, and Catherine was her daughter.  He brought Lewis and his wife, Fanny, and their seven children to Aunt Nancy Kiser.  I have their names, Liza and Indiana.  Alex was next - now I remember some more of their names - Sam and Sandy, Dock and Harriett.  Not long after this the slaves were freed, but they stayed around a long time ... and did well." They lived at Wakenva, Dickenson County, Virginia. He was a large land owner, farmer and merchant.

      NOAH KERNAN "DOCK" RASNAKE  and MARGARET KELLY  had the following family:

      69  i.  LYDIA ESTELLA4 was born 7 Feb 1880

 23.  HENRY CLAY3 RASNAKE (JONAS2, JACOB1) (#8938) was born 20 Mar 1850.  HENRY died 11 Mar 1911 at 60 years of age.
 He married twice.  He married NANCY KELLY in Russell Co, VA, 20 Jan 1871.  (NANCY KELLY  is #2004.)  NANCY was born circa 1847.  NANCY was the daughter of MICHAEL KELLY  and SIDNEY COUNTS .  She married SAMUEL ARTRIP.  He married EMILY MUSICK in Russell Co, VA, 29 Jan 1876.  (EMILY MUSICK  is #8929.)  EMILY was born 5 Mar 1856.  EMILY was the daughter of ALVAH MUSICK  and CHANEY KISER .  EMILY died Aug 1927 at 71 years of age.

      HENRY CLAY RASNAKE  and EMILY MUSICK  had the following family:

        i.  ROSINA "ROSA"4 (#8943).
        ii.  LILLIE ALICE (#8944).
        iii.  RICHARD COUNTS (#8945).
        iv.  LONA "PHANA B." (#8946).  Per E. J. Sutherland, the marriage record shows her name as Phana B., age 19.
        v.  ALVA MUSICK (#8947).
        vi.  COLBERT (#8948).
        vii.  LEONARD (#8949).
        viii.  IDA F. (#8950).
        ix.  RACHEL (#8951).