Those who died in the Vietnam War whose last names begin with D
Not a single Dudding!

The above page was excerpted from the 1917 Huntington, WV City Directory pages 292 & 293.

1/9/2001: Today I took some photos from Arthur's Seat of Loch Duddingston.

DUDDINGSTON KIRK

(Jack staff was William Simms pen name)
Dudding's Mill was written in 1850's

By an old grey rock at the floor of the shoals,
stood a quaint old mill where the water rolls.
'Twas a part of the scene with the trees and cliff,
And the water wheel, and the miller's skiff.

And the miller himself, in his dusty coat,
As he paddled away to the passing boat.
And the cliff and the trees and the house on the hill,
And the old grey rock seemed part of the mill.

But the mill grew old and the old wheel shook,
And the slanting roof had a battered look.
The passing years with their days of care,
Had frosted the brow of the miller's hair.

Now the old rock stands like a sentinel grey,
To mark the spot where the old mill lay.
The cliff is there, and the house on the hill,
But I look in vain for the quaint old mill.

Dudding's mill was built shortly after John Dudding settled in Kanawha County Virginia in 1799. It was located at Johnson's Shoals, about one half-mile below the mouth of Scary Creek.

(The following was contributed by Ernie Wright.)

After this it was just a matter of time until a man by the name of John Dudding decided to clear a patch of land and in so doing go down in Putnam history as the first perment settler in the Pocatalico district. His home was on the Kanawha River near Johnson Shoals and E.E. "Bert" Higginbotham, our expert on river navigation,says this would place John Dudding's home on the grounds Of the former American Viscoe Plant in the Putnam County half of the city of Nitro.

Soon after Dudding stopped off, a man by the name of Benedict Lanaham settled at the mouth of Poca River.Other early settlers included the Harmons, sacketts, Carruthers, Asburys, Dixons, Nulls, Meltons and Hensleys. William Hensley built the first mill in Poca district, a water mill eight miles from the mouth of Poca River in the year 1820. However small this represents the first industry in a district that one day was to see the huge works of the American Viscoes, Monsanto Apex offer employment to the Chemical Company ,and Ohio -great -great-great grandsons of these pioneer families.

Another early mill was built for Mr. Lanham by a Mr. Hyein in the year 1844. This was located seven miles up poca.

Miss Dora Burham, A member of an old Poca Family, about which we will write more later, tells this writer what the first settlers in Poca itself were Alexander Shingleton and Jessie Walton .

The first school in the district was located near the present site of Raymond City and one mile southeast of the mouth of Poca River. It was erected about 1827 of logs, and in later years was known as the "Muddy Gut School".

One end of this one room cabin was taken up by a huge fireplace and light was obtained by inserting pieces of glass in the chinks of the logs.

We have as a goal the gathering and sharing of information about the individuals whose surname or whose ancestor's surname is Dudding, Duddingston, and other derivatives which we may discover.

E-mail will be employed in an effort to fulfill our commitment, beginning with a list of 16 Duddings and one Duddingston among the five million e-mail addresses contained in the internet database known as "Bigfoot".  We will build and maintain the internet's most comprehensive Dudding E-Mail Directory.

At present I am having trouble accessing my mail at the address I supplied you with earlier and will be using my daughters e-mail address until further notice. Hope the information will provide useful!

Derek Duddingston

Tartan for Duddingston Village, Edinburgh, Scotland