Reunion Directors and Info on the Upcoming Reunion
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COUNTS FAMILY REUNION DIRECTORS
August 2024 - August 2026
President - Phyllis Counts
Vice President - Brett Compton
Secretary/Treasurer - Carol Deel
You don't need to have the Counts last name to attend the reunion as John & Mary Counts of Glade Hollow have thousands of descendants that do not carry the Counts surname but are related to them by their Counts blood. Below is a list of a few of the surnames that are common descendants of John & Mary.
Amburgey, Anderson, Arrington, Artrip, Bowman, Breeding, Bumgarner, Cantrell, Carter, Childress, Colley, Combs, Compton, Counts,
Deel, Dingus, Dye, Dye, Edwards, Fields, Fleming, Fuller, Green, Grizzle/Grizzel, Hay, Jessee, Johnson, Jones, Kelly, Kiser, Long,
McReynolds, Mullins, Musick, Owens, Powers, Pressley, Rasnick/Rasnake, Ratliff, Robinson, Selfe, Skeen, Smith, Stanley, Sutherland, Sykes,
Taylor, Turner, Viers, Wright, and Yates
Counts kin of this Southwest Virginia settler, ONLY, please join us on Facebook:
THE LOCATION FOR THE 85th Saturday, Aug 1st, 2026 COUNTS FAMILY REUNION IS CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION.
Due to the considerable financial donations advanced by members of the John Counts of Glade Hollow Facebook group, consideration is being given to hosting the upcoming reunion at the indoor, air-conditioned meeting rooms of the Breaks Interstate Park, located between Haysi, Virginia and Elk Horn, Ky.
The Park features an ample variety of lodging accommodations suited to most budgets including camping for tents and RV's, small cabins, large cabins and rooms. It is also family-friendly with a large recently renovated outdoor swimming pool, horsebackriding and ziplining at certain intervals, and plenty of hiking trails. It is the prevailing thought that this would encourage our Counts kin to feel comfortable to enjoy a few days vacatioin in the area rather than a one night stand.
This venue is of particular historical interest to the Counts Family Reunion as its founder, Elihu Jasper Sutherland, participated in the advancement towards official governmental recognition of it as an interstate park.
It is also the home of the Counts Cabin, believed to have been the hunter's cabin belonging to Joshua Counts, son of Noah Counts and Aily Amburgey. It was removed from a location on Lick Creek in Dickenson County in the 1970's to the protection of the park. It is located behind the visitor's center with other historical artifacts including a makeshift moonshine distillery and farm equipment.
A map of some of the area's cemetery locations and churches is currently underway. This would allow family members to attend church services the day after the reunion and to visit their loved ones final resting places.