Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West VirginiaGenealogical Publishing Com, 2009 - 636 páginas Pocahontas County, West Virginia is situated in the southeastern portion of the Mountaineer State. It was formed in 1821 from portions of Randolph and Pendleton counties and what is today Bath County, Virginia. William Price's vast collection of sketches of Pocahontas County pioneers will interest anyone with ancestors in this region inasmuch as fully five-sixths of the volume consists of accounts of their exploits and the lives of family members. To be sure, the volume commences with one valuable treatise on Pocahontas geology and geography and another on the methods and customs of early settlers, yielding interesting tidbits about the local topography, climate, methods of agriculture, the establishment of the county, and so forth. The heart of the volume, however, consists of genealogical and biographical sketches of hundreds of Pocahontas founders and their families--many of them of Scotch-Irish descent--the lion's share of which are listed as follows: Arbogast, Auldridge, Baker, Barlow, Buckley, Beard, Burgess, Brown, Baxter, Burner, Beale, Bradshaw, Busard, Bright, Burr, Bridger, Craig, Clendennin, Cackley, Curry, Cleek, Conrad, Cassell, Collins, Cochran, Callison, Cooper, Curry, Crouch, Crabbottom, Dilley, Daugherty, Duffield, Drinnon, Dilley, Ervine, Edmiston, Friel, Flemmens, Grimes, Gay, Gibson, Galford, Gum, Gay, Humphreys, Hughes, Hill, Hannah, Herold, Harper, Hudson, James, Jordan, Killbuck, Kinnison, Kee, Kerr, Lewis, Lightner, Lockridge, Marlin, Mayse, Moore, McNeel, McCollam, McLaughlin, McClintic, McCutchan, McNeil, McCarty, Matthews, Nottingham, Poage, Price, Ruckman, Rodgers, Sewall, Slaven, Saunders, Sharp, Smith, Sutton, Tallman, Varner, Warwick, Waugh, Webb, Wanless, Waddell, Whiting, Wilson, Young, and Yeager. |
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... horses , playing at cards , pitting game chickens , indulging in whiskey freely as water , swearing with an emphasis and rhetorical jingle truly surprising . With their faults , nevertheless , they were HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY 15.
... horses , playing at cards , pitting game chickens , indulging in whiskey freely as water , swearing with an emphasis and rhetorical jingle truly surprising . With their faults , nevertheless , they were HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY 15.
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... horses , the simple liv- ing , the shoes and stockings for winter and uncommon occasions , the deer and the rifle , the fields of flax and the spinning wheel , the wool and the looms ; and with them the strict attention to religious ...
... horses , the simple liv- ing , the shoes and stockings for winter and uncommon occasions , the deer and the rifle , the fields of flax and the spinning wheel , the wool and the looms ; and with them the strict attention to religious ...
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... horse be- cause of the raiding Indians , most of the labor of farming had to be done with hoes . In course of time when horses and oxen could be kept and used , plows were in demand . The first plows were made entirely of seasoned ...
... horse be- cause of the raiding Indians , most of the labor of farming had to be done with hoes . In course of time when horses and oxen could be kept and used , plows were in demand . The first plows were made entirely of seasoned ...
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... mere patches , they would chop three or four acres " smack smooth " and a log rolling was in order . By invitation the neighbors for miles would meet with their teams of horses or oxen , to assist in 60 HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY.
... mere patches , they would chop three or four acres " smack smooth " and a log rolling was in order . By invitation the neighbors for miles would meet with their teams of horses or oxen , to assist in 60 HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY.
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William Thomas Price, G. Glenn Clift. their teams of horses or oxen , to assist in putting up logheaps for burning . This being done a feast was enjoyed , and all returned homewards . Outside the The next thing was to burn the heaps ...
William Thomas Price, G. Glenn Clift. their teams of horses or oxen , to assist in putting up logheaps for burning . This being done a feast was enjoyed , and all returned homewards . Outside the The next thing was to burn the heaps ...
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Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia William Thomas Price,G. Glenn Clift Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia William Thomas Price Vista previa limitada - 1901 |
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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 Drinnon 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 Mathews McCarty McCollam McLaughlin McNeel miles mill Millpoint Missouri Nancy Nicholas County Ohio persons pioneer Poage Pocahontas County Rachel Randolph County Rebecca residence 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