Wow, GREAT THREAD! This was my favorite song at 8, 9, 10 years old. I learned the Joan Baez version and I believe sang "Senal Road." I wasn't sure if that was the name of the road or some old-fashioned word for "scenic." I don't think I knew "C & O" till college with the Kossoy sisters version. Anyhow, after listening to theirs recently I decided to find out if "Georgie" was real. So thrilled to learn this was an actual occurrence, shortly before my grandmother was born! What variations on the town spelling! I'd NEVER had guessed "Sewell." I always sang "Suville" and didn't see that among the many here. Sad to say, I can't find his grave on findagrave.com. The two George Alleys in West Virginia have the wrong dates, and the one who died in 1890 died in July in Maine, not in October in West Virginia. Perhaps someone from the area could locate and post the grave and we could all leave him notes and virtual flowers!