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 Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Voorkant
William Thomas Price
Heritage Books, 1901 - 622 pagina's
Begins with about 100 pages on the county's geography and history; the bulk of the volume consists of genealogical material on the pioneer settlers and descendants.
    
 
    


Alleghany Andrew Arbogast Augusta County Auldridge Back Creek Bath County Beard became the wife brother Bruffey Bussard Cackley Callison Captain Charles church citizen Clover Lick Cochran Colonel Confederate soldier daugh daughter David died Dilley Duffield Dunmore Edmiston Edray Eliza Friel Frost Galford George Greenbank Greenbrier County Grimes Hannah Henry Highland County Hillsboro homestead horse Huntersville Indians Isaac Jacksons River Jacob Warwick James Jane Joseph Kinnison Knapps Creek land late Lewis County Lightner lived Marlinton marriage married Elizabeth married Margaret married Mary married Miss Martha McCarty McCollam McLaughlin McNeel miles mill Millpoint Missouri Nancy Nicholas County Ohio persons pioneer Poage Pocahontas County Rachel Randolph County Rebecca residence River Robert Ruckman Sally Samuel second marriage seemed settled Sharp Slaven sons Springs Stony Creek Susan Swago Tallman Thomas Upshur County Valley Wanless Waugh West Virginia William William Poage Yeager young

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INDEX.

Α

Am. Indians, origin

Arbogast, Benjamin

Arbogast, Adam, Sr

Auldridge, Wm. , Sr

Averill's Retreat

Carboniferous Era 32

3

Corn first ripe 69

131

Coal rescurces 72

122 Composite Character 96

Census Returns 104 -

368 Clendennin, Arch. 154

599

Cackley, Valentine 197-

B Curry, Adam 311

Baker, Henry 109

Curry, William 314

Barlow, John 185 Cleek, Michael 379

Buckley, Joshua 210 Conrad, John H. 397

Battle Point Pleasant 249 Cassell, Jacob 409

Beard, Josiah 343 Collins , John 412

Burgess, John Sr. 351 Cochran, Thomas 422

Brown, Joseph 363 Callison, James 434

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Brown, Josiah 364 Callison, Anthony 437

Baxter, William 419 Cooper, James 476

Burner, Abram · 426 Curry, Isaiah 492

Beale, Robert 495 Crouch, Maj . Andrew 564

Bradshaw, John 505 Crabbottom, Battle 575

Bussard, Reuben 538 County Records 607

Bright, David 542 Conclusion 618

Bright, Jesse Sr. 544 D

Burr, John (not Wm) 182

Bridger, John & Jas . 558 Death of Cornstalk 10

Devonian Era 32

C Devonian Rocks 32

Cornstalk 9 Dilley, Henry 298

Crane 7 Daugherty, Michael 400

Craig, Rev John 12 Duffield , Abram 451

Circle at Gibsons

Cambrian Era

19 Drinnon, Walter 459

30 Dilley, Martin 522

INDEX

E

Examples to emulate

J

23 James, David 347

Ervine, Edward 165 Jordan, John 500

Edmiston, Andrew 169 K

Edmiston, William 439 Killbuck 7

Eternal Laws 86

Kinnison, Chas. & J 149

F Kee, George 292

French Jesuit Fathers 5 Kerr, Daniel 376

First farming operations59 L

Flowers 80 Logan, Chief 15

First Court Day 100 Limestone formed 32

Friel, Jeremiah 175 Lewis, Colonel Charles 7

Flemmens, John R. 274 Leasons from Stones 81

G Location of first C. H. 103

Geographical 51 Lightner, Peter 180

Grasses, their value 79 Lockridge, Lanty 207

Grimes, Felix 188 Lackey's Song 577

Gay, Robert 128 M

Gibson, David 195 Machine, first threshing 65

Galford, Thomas Sr 269 Mills, the first 67

Gum, William A. 386 Marble 71

Gum, Jacob 390 Mountains 75

Gay, Hon. John 541 Mosses 83

H Marlin, Jacob 105

Humphreys, Mrs M. 16 Mayse, Joseph 561

Husking Bees 61 Moore, Moses 108

House raising 61 Moore, Margaret 112

Hughes, Ellis 108 McNeel, John 135

Hill, Richard 116 McCollam, Daniel 229

Hannah, David 218 Moore, Penn. ' John 289

Hannah, Joseph 224 McLaughlin, 1st group 315

Herold, Christopher 372 McLaughlin, 2d group 319

Harper, Henry 393 McLaughlin, Hugh 323

Hudson , Richard 481 Moore, Aaron

Huntersville Notes 586 Moore, Levi Sr 278

INDEX

McClintic , Mrs Mary 255 Sewall, Stephen 105

Moore, Joseph 355 Slaven, John 144

McCutchan, Robert D 350 Saunders, Diana 201

McNeil, Thomas 381 Sharp , John 213

McCarty, Timothy 404 Smith, John 302

McCarty, Daniel 407 Sharp, William Sr 331

Moore, Robert Soldiers, Union & Con583

Moore, Isaac 467 Sharp, Squire James 333

Moore, William 472 Sutton, John Sr 485

Matthews, Sampson L 497 Sharp , William Jr 518

"Mad Anu" 579 T

N Tallinan, James 486

Natural Scenery 55 V

Natural Curiosities 58

Nottingham, Wm.

Varner, Joseph 327

526

W

P Wool and Flax 63

Pioneer Characteristics 12 Wheat Growing 64

Pontiac 8 Wheat Threshing 65

Pocahontas Streams 52

Pocahontas min. spr's 54

Whence rain and snow 48

Warwick, Jacob 234

Poage, William Sr 513 Warwick, Mrs Mary 239

Price, Samuel 545 Waugh, James Jr 336

Price, Thomas 547 Waugh, Samuel 338

R Webb, John 416

Roads 73 Warwick, Andrew 428

Regiment, 127th 102 Warwick, William 431

Ruckman, John H 159 Wanless, William 455

Ruckman , David L. 489 Wanless, Rev James 457

Rodgers, James 535 Waddell, Alexander 479

S Whiting, Samuel 529

Wilson, Thomas 568

Shawnees 7,9 Y

Scoth-Irish Character 15

Silurian Era 31 Young, William 306

Summer, the longest

Scotch-Irish

32 Yeager, John Sr 442

97 Yeager, John Jr 446

 
19 April
28 June
Abram
Alice
Allen
Anderson
Andrew
Ann
Anna
April
Attended
Aug
Betty
Blair
born 12
born 21
born 9
Bruffey
buried
Callison
Cem
child
children Note
Clutter
dau
daughter
David
Davis
Dec
died 19
Donald
Dorothy
Edgar
Edmiston
Edward
Eliza
Ellen
Emma
Eugene
Feb
Franklin
George
Gillilan
Grad
Greenbrier
Groves
Hamilton
Handley
Hannah
Harold
Harry
Hefner
Henry
HILL Married
Hillsboro
Irene
Isaac McNeel
Jacob
James
Jamesport
Jan
Jane
Jean
John McNeel
Johnson
Jordan
Joseph
Josephine
Josephine Hill
Jr
July
June
Kellison
Kennison
Lee Beard
Louise
Lucy
Lydia
Mae
March
Margaret
Marlinton
marriage
Married children
Married John
Married Mary
Martha
Martha Davis
Mary Elizabeth
Mattie
McCarty
McClung
McMillion
Miriam
Mo
Moore
Nancy
Nov
Oct
Paul McNeel
Pearl
Penick
Poague
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Rachel
Rebecca
Rebecca Hill
Ref
Richard
Richard Hill
Robert
Ruth
Samuel
Sarah
second marriage
Sept
Served
Thomas
U.S. Army
Virginia
Wallace
Walter
Washington
Waugh
WW II

 

Original Petitioners

John McCarty,
James Kerr,
Francis W. Pukins, (probably Perkins)
Joseph Woodle, jr.,
Daniel Matheney,
John Sharp,
William Campbell,
John May,
Henry Harold,
Isaac Moor,
Lantz Lockridge,
Wm. Callahan,
Peter Harold,
James Waugh,
Christopher Harold,
William Wanless,
William Nichols,
James Grimes,
Michael Cleek,
James Piles,
Jacob Seybert,
Weston Mills,
Abraham Seybert,
Joseph Seybert,
Samuel Cummings,
Jacob Arbaugh,
Alex. Morrison,
William Blair,
Daniel Collison,
John Clutter,
Absalison Morrison,
Josiah Jacocks,
Jas. Morrison,
David Jacocks,
John Erwing, jr.,
John Bradshaw,
Thomas Wooddell,
Patrick Bruffey,
Alexander Gillaspie,
John Galford,
Jacob Warrick,
David Derrer,
James Gillaspie,
Darel Friell,
Arthur Grimes,
Boon Bollman,
John Jordan,
Jacob Piles,
Daniel Kelison,
Samuel Hawk,
Moses Hughes,
George Hughes,
John Arbaugh,
Daniel Alderman,
Jacob Neff,
Anthony Lighter,
Soloman Buzzard,
John Neff,
John Ervine,
Samuel Dougherty,
Charles Grimes,
Joseph Moore,
William Nichols,
Samuel DeNickles,
James Deber,
Eather Holcombe,
Daniel Aldman,
Wm. Rucker,
David Deeve,
John Dewer,
Isaac _____,
George Burnley,
___ Hill,
Thomas Hill,
Amos Kennison,
David Kennison,
James Kennison,
Nathan’l Kennison,
Wm. Kennison,
Robert Grey,
John Young, Sr.,
John Gililand,
Francis Piles,
Nathaniel Gililand,
Wm. Cackley,
John S. Ewing,
Abraham McNeil,
John Woodell,
James Diggens,
John Lunsford,
Jacob Nuttingham,
Martin Delley,
Jacob Lightner,
James Sharp,
Jonathan Giffin,
John Gilliland,
Timothy _____,
James Brindley,
James Allen,
John McNeil, Sr.,
Benjamin Cackley,
Mark Kinnison,
Davis Kinnison,
Thomas Hill,
Richard Hill,
John Hill,
Abraham Hill,
William Hill,
Isaac Hill,
Isaac Hawk,
John Coulter,
Wm. M’Coy, Sr.,
Wm. Moore,
Peter Lightner,
John Kelley,
James Cooper,
D. Hopkins Smith,
Levi Moore,
James Young,
Robert Erwin,
Nathan Gilliland,
Samuel McCoy,
William Hughes,
Renick Brown,
Jonathan Jordon,
Thomas Jordon,
Amos Kinnison,
Benjamin Wallace,
Edward Killison,
Rolph Wanless,
Tho’s Hatton,
George Harrison,
James Sharp,
Alex. Waddell,
Joseph Friel,
William Deever,
John Deever,
Stephen Wanless,
Thomas Bradshaw,
Ruben Buzzard,
William Sharp,
Joseph Sharp,
Jacob Grop,
John Bird

 
age
Alleghany
Andrew
Ann
Arbogast
Augusta County
Auldridge
Back Creek
Bath County
Beard
became the wife
brother
Bruffey
Bussard
Cackley
Callison
Captain
Charles
church
citizen
Clover Lick
Cochran
Colonel
Confederate soldier
daugh
daughter
David
died
Dilley
Drinnon
Duffield
Dunmore
Edmiston
Edray
Eliza
Elk
Friel
Frost
Galford
Gay
George
Greenbank
Greenbrier County
Grimes
Hannah
Henry
Highland County
Hillsboro
homestead
horse
Huntersville
Indians
Isaac
Jacksons River
Jacob Warwick
James
Jane
Joseph
Kee
Kinnison
Knapps Creek
land
late
Lewis County
Lightner
lived
Marlinton
marriage
married Elizabeth
married Margaret
married Mary
married Miss
Martha
Mathews
McCarty
McCollam
McLaughlin
McNeel
miles
mill
Millpoint
Missouri
Nancy
Nicholas County
Ohio
persons
pioneer
Poage
Pocahontas County
Rachel
Randolph County
Rebecca
residence
Rev
Robert
Ruckman
Sally
Samuel
second marriage
seemed
settled
Sharp
Slaven
sons
Springs
Stony Creek
Susan
Swago
Thomas
Upshur County
Valley
Wanless
Waugh
West Virginia
William
William Poage
Yeager
young