Jottings from the Williams River Gazette--Important People in Pocahontas County

 

Additional information about the people and places mentioned in our conversation history includes:

Judge McClintic

• Judge McClintic was the new owner of the 745 acres on Swago Creek that William Ewing surveyed in 1782.
• He was attending the meeting of the American Bar Association.

Sampson Mathews

• Sampson Mathews was the grandfather of Judge McClintic and was an early surveyor of Pocahontas County [conversation history].
• Sampson Mathews' daughter, Mary Warwick, married Sampson Mathews, and they occupied the old Warwick homestead at Dunmore [conversation history].
• A great-grandson of Sampson Mathews, Charles Cameron, was a popular and well-known citizen of his county [conversation history].
• Sampson Mathews was a possible commander of a company at Point Pleasant [conversation history].
• The first survey of Pocahontas County was done by Sampson Mathews.

Pocahontas County

• Pocahontas County has a rich history of people who have rendered the county special service, despite some omissions, errors and incomplete material.
• Pocahontas County is the third largest in point of size in the state and has three different geographic zones of outcropping rocks.
• The area now known as Pocahontas County was once a place where it was rare for corn to ripen.
• West Pocahontas coal is equal to the New River coking coal, which is the nearest coking coal to the iron producing centers of the two Virginias.
• The county was once surveyed by Sampson Mathews.
• A war fund committee in Pocahontas County asked for citizens to contribute liberally.
• The Pocahontas County War Fund Committee was chaired by Harper M. Smith.
• The county has a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp called Camp Thornwood, established in 1933 and leased from the US Government.
• There is a special sale of commissioners in Marlinton, West Virginia.
• A notice in Marlinton, W. Va., states that Lena Colson will crochet work for Christmas.
• The county had a number of families who owned and cleared land, including the Moore family.

Marlinton

• Marlinton is a town located on the Greenbrier River.
• Marlinton was formerly known as Marlin's Bottom.
• There is a special sale of commissioners in Marlinton, West Virginia.
• Lena Colson, who crochets work for Christmas, lives in Marlinton, W. Va.
• The town of Marlinton had a field of corn that was looking very promising, owned by Major William Poage around 1810.
• The West Marlinton school was once used by the colored people as their church.
• There is a salt sulphur well in Marlinton that has high mineral content, especially of sodium chloride.
• The Greenbrier River near Marlinton had discharge measurements done in 1910.

Other People

• William Moore and his wife came to the area around 1780 and built a home on the bank where the church stands. They were not related to other Moores of the county. They lived and died in this home and were buried on the east side of the creek below the grove of pine trees.
• Moses Moore is one of the pioneers of the county who will be remembered.
• Phebe Moore, daughter of Moses Moore, was esteemed for her piety, sound sense, and business energy. She attended a mill, sometimes running it day and night.
• Robert Moore, son of Moses Moore, married a Miss McCollam and lived at Edray.
• Rev. Geo. P. Moore and Samuel B. Moore, both residents of Edray, are great-grandsons of Moses Moore.
• Aaron Moore, son of Moses Moore, lived on the Greenbrier, above Marlinton.
• A Mr. Cole married Rebecca Moore and lived in Rockbridge.
• Mrs. Moore was the daughter of Thomas Beale, who came from Maryland after the War of 1812 and who was a defender of Baltimore during the war.
• William Poage lived in Marlin's Bottom (now Marlinton) around 1810.
• A neighbor asked William Poage how much corn he would make on his field.
• The Flemmens family opened what is now known as the "Rosser Place," buying 4,000 acres from Isaac Gregory.
• John Simpson was a pioneer who gave land for a church.
• John R. Commons wrote an introduction to a work that described the mining situation in West Virginia.
• Mr. Edwin F. Gay was president of the New York Evening Post, Inc..
• Mr. Joseph G. Bradley was a non-union coal operator in West Virginia.
• Mr. J. N. Schweitzer was the general superintendent of the Lundale Coal Company.
• John Alexander of Marlinton provided information regarding a salt sulphur well.
• Froehling and Robertson, chemists of Richmond, Virginia, analyzed the salt sulphur well.
• Calvin Price and Edward Moore of Marlinton used the Droop Mountain Spring.
• B.B. Kaplan, a chemist, analyzed the Droop Mountain Spring.
• A letter from Judge George W. McClintic is referenced in an article.

Other Places

• The area around the Alleghany Mountains has a diverse geology and is rich in minerals.
• Huntersville was a lively location during court and muster days.
• The town of Huntersville had a road to the Confederate Post at Monterey, VA.
• There is a town called Dahlonega in Georgia that is known for being the wealthiest gold region in the United States.
• There are many mineral springs in the area, including the Droop Mountain Spring, which is located on the eastern end of Droop Mountain.
• The area of Greenbrier, WV, has various limestone deposits.
• The Greenbrier River has a moderate rate of fall and several narrows where dams could be built.
• A branch line of a railroad extended up Meadown Creek to a band mill of the St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Co.
• The headwaters of the North Fork of Anthony Creek and the headwaters of Douthat Creek divide at the Dock.
• The town of Edray was where Robert Moore lived.
• The town of Dunmore was where the Warwick homestead was located [conversation history].
• The Warm Springs area has aqueous rocks, and it is 15 miles from a mountain area with a different geology.
• Rockbridge Alum Springs was analyzed by Dr. Aug. A. Hayes of Boston in 1852.
• Bedford Springs in Pennsylvania was analyzed by Dr. Church.
• The White Sulphur Springs has a nearby Chalybeate spring that is used as an iron tonic.

Other

• There are notices regarding special sales and crochet work in the area.
• There was an A&P company that distributed $1,500,000 in compensation.
• There was a time when scrip was used in mining camps, and miners would use the scrip at company owned establishments.
• There was a time when company stores were the only options for miners due to "company owned" land.
• There were instances where deputy sheriffs were paid by coal operators.
• "Yellow Dog" contracts were used in the mining industry.
• The United Mine Workers of America were involved in a case that went to the Supreme Court regarding contracts.
• There are a number of recipes included in the sources, including ones for mock turkey, almond squares, coffee cake and cornstarch cake.
• The book "The Daughter of the Elm" was about a secret shadow at many a fireside.
• A description of a mine notes that they are using artesian wells to produce about two thousand bushels of salt a day.

This expanded summary should provide more context about the people and places in your previous queries.