The Friel Family

 

• Jeremiah Friel was a descendant of Daniel O'Friel, who immigrated to Augusta County, Virginia from Ireland in 1740.
• Jeremiah Friel had a wife named Alma Brown and they had nine children: Joseph, Daniel, Josiah, John, Catherine, Hannah, Ellen, Mary, and Jennie.
• Jeremiah Friel's first home was on Cannich Ridge, and then he moved to the Greenbrier River.
• Daniel O'Friel, Jeremiah Friel's father, seems to have been a person of considerable means. He sold his property for Continental money, with a view of settling in Kentucky. However, the money was repudiated and he was unable to carry out his plans.
• Upon Jacob Warwick's invitation, Jeremiah O'Friel came to Clover Lick. Mr Warwick gave him land on Canicb Ridge. This land was exchanged with Sampson Matthews, Senior, for lands on Greenbrier, now occupied in part by his descendants.