At 07:52 AM 3/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Thank you for your reply on the surname Rightmire, Jane, I wonder if >there is also information on that particular publication on the Daugherty >(Dougherty) family who also lived in that area of Preston County 3rd >great Grandfather James Rightmire married Elizabeth Daugherty and I >believe her sister married Abraham Elliot and they eventually owned that >property. Thanks beforhand with your much appreciated help. Alice Hi, Alice, Perhaps we can help one another with our DOUGHERTY ancestors. I have a Susan b. abt. 1791 for whom I need parents. On. p. 77 in that book I cited in my prior email, i.e., Earl Core's second volume in his series on Monongalia County, there is mention of the Leading Creek Settlement where in 1781 Indians killed Alexander RONEY, Mrs. DOUGHERTY, Mrs. HORNBECK and her children, and Mrs. BUFFINGTON and her children, taking prisoner Mrs. RONEY and her son and Daniel DOUGHERTY. I am not familiar with the location of the Leading Creek Settlement. Was this later in Preston Co. or nearby? I'm wondering if this Daniel was the husband or son of this "Mrs. Dougherty." Does anyone on this list know? I have noted in Morton's "A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Volume I" that the area called Dority was where the DOUGHERTYs eventually lived. On p. 341, Morton writes: "John DOUGHERTY, whose daughter wedded the pioneer ELLIOTT, was on the Cheat in 1774, and two years later was living on ELliott Ridge which overlooks Albright. Until recently the surname lingered in Preston. It gave designation to Dority Run and Dority postoffice." Unfortunately, Morton omits any genealogical data for the DOUGHERTY or the RIGHTMIRE families in that Chapter (VII) of his book! Under ELLIOTT, Morton does write that Abraham b. 1773 d. 1845 m. first Jane DOUGHERTY. Apparently Jane had ten children before she died but no dates are noted. She may have died circa 1814. Her children are listed as: William m. Susan JEFFERS Mary E. m. Jacob CRANE Elizabeth m. Samuel JEFFERS Rebecca single John b. 1801 m. Elizabeth MEREDITH Jane b. 1806 d. 1886 m. Calvin CRANE Sarah m. (1) John S. Graham, (2) Jacob CRANE Drusilla m. Robert FORMAN Susan m. Abraham JEFFERS Rachel m. Henry CRESS In Morton's Appendix E, he lists original land patents covering Preston County and on this list is John DOUGHERTY with 205 acres on the Cheat adjoining claim of William BIGGS (settlement, 1776) and 400 acres on Cheat and Dunkard Bottom (settlement 1774). In Samuel Wiley's "History of Preston County," on p. 406 in the section on the Portland District, there somewhat contradictory information as he writes the following: "William DOUGHERTY, father of Jarvis, lived near what is now St. Joe, and owned a large amount of land. In 1794, William [sic] Elliott married Jane DOUGHERTY, William's daughter. Abraham ELLIOT got land of Wm. Dougherty, his father-in-law, and settled where Elliott Crane now lives. Abraham had 11 children. [The eleventh was Margery, dau. of his second wife, the former Mrs. Rebecca Dewitt.]" So, was the original DOUGHERTY in Preston a John who had a son named William which confused Samuel Wiley? And, was Daniel, taken prisoner by the Indians in 1781, another son of John? Were Elizabeth and Susan daughters of John DOUGHERTY and his second wife? Regards, Jane

Jane, In volume 5 1802 1805 Melba Pender Zinns Monongalia County records of District Superior and county court. page 97 127 1803 Abraham Elliott and Jane his wife, Mary Clark, James Rightmire and Elizabeth his wife..heirs of William Daugherty, summoned to show , if any can, why the road viewed and layed out by Abrams Woodring through their land shall not be opened agreeably thereto 18 July 1803 another citation on page 55 is much longer 124 1802 The petition of the heirs of William Daugherty deceased and other inhabitants of William Daugherty, deceased and other inhabitants of Dunkards Bottom Settlement.We your honors humble petitioners, beg leave to present this our humble petition to the honorable Court, showing forth the damage and detrement to the heirs which are two young women, of William Daugherty deceasded have and do yet sustain by the Honorable Court granting an order for a new road to be through the land of the aforesaid heirs when the former road is as good in most parts and a a geat deal better than many parts of the road that leads from Mr John RIGHTMIRES Tavern to Mr Thomas Butlers Mill. May it please your Honors. the overseer of the road have let down the fences so that the aforesaid heirs have sustained much damage and do yet sustain it, the meadow being pened, cattle horses and hogs have destroyed a great quantity of hay and greatly injured the meadow...The petitioners prayed the Court to revoke their order and review the road. Signed by: Mary and Elizabeth Daugherty, Thomas Powel, Jas/Jac Highshoe, James Morgan, Thomas Montgomery, Peter Dewitt, Jas Carrol, Peter Merydith, William Darling, Joseph Kelso, Robert Beatty, John Taylor, Andrew Johnson ,Samuel Hawkins,and Abraham Darling..................................... 8 April 1802 ...Abraham Elliott, Elizabeth Daugherty and Mary Clark summoned to show cause, if any they can why the road as laid out through their land by Jacob Ridenour, Jon Brannon and Jacob Tetrick should not be established 20 July 1802. July 27 1802 is the date found for James Rightmire and Elizabeth Daugherty's marriage. I understand this property known as Daugherty's became known as Elliotts and that it is not far from Kingwood. Any information welcome as I am trying to find how the Monongalia/Preston County Rightmire's are related to those in Loudoun County and how ??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McCann Walsh" <jmwalsh@icubed.com> To: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Dougherty References & Questions > At 07:52 AM 3/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Thank you for your reply on the surname Rightmire, Jane, I wonder if > >there is also information on that particular publication on the Daugherty > >(Dougherty) family who also lived in that area of Preston County 3rd > >great Grandfather James Rightmire married Elizabeth Daugherty and I > >believe her sister married Abraham Elliot and they eventually owned that > >property. Thanks beforhand with your much appreciated help. Alice > > Hi, Alice, > Perhaps we can help one another with our DOUGHERTY ancestors. I have a > Susan b. abt. 1791 for whom I need parents. > > On. p. 77 in that book I cited in my prior email, i.e., Earl Core's second > volume in his series on Monongalia County, there is mention of the Leading > Creek Settlement where in 1781 Indians killed Alexander RONEY, Mrs. > DOUGHERTY, Mrs. HORNBECK and her children, and Mrs. BUFFINGTON and her > children, taking prisoner Mrs. RONEY and her son and Daniel DOUGHERTY. I > am not familiar with the location of the Leading Creek Settlement. Was > this later in Preston Co. or nearby? I'm wondering if this Daniel was the > husband or son of this "Mrs. Dougherty." Does anyone on this list know? > > I have noted in Morton's "A History of Preston County, West Virginia, > Volume I" that the area called Dority was where the DOUGHERTYs eventually > lived. On p. 341, Morton writes: > > "John DOUGHERTY, whose daughter wedded the pioneer ELLIOTT, was on the > Cheat in 1774, and two years later was living on ELliott Ridge which > overlooks Albright. Until recently the surname lingered in Preston. It > gave designation to Dority Run and Dority postoffice." > > Unfortunately, Morton omits any genealogical data for the DOUGHERTY or the > RIGHTMIRE families in that Chapter (VII) of his book! > > Under ELLIOTT, Morton does write that Abraham b. 1773 d. 1845 m. first Jane > DOUGHERTY. Apparently Jane had ten children before she died but no dates > are noted. She may have died circa 1814. Her children are listed as: > William m. Susan JEFFERS > Mary E. m. Jacob CRANE > Elizabeth m. Samuel JEFFERS > Rebecca single > John b. 1801 m. Elizabeth MEREDITH > Jane b. 1806 d. 1886 m. Calvin CRANE > Sarah m. (1) John S. Graham, (2) Jacob CRANE > Drusilla m. Robert FORMAN > Susan m. Abraham JEFFERS > Rachel m. Henry CRESS > > In Morton's Appendix E, he lists original land patents covering Preston > County and on this list is John DOUGHERTY with 205 acres on the Cheat > adjoining claim of William BIGGS (settlement, 1776) and 400 acres on Cheat > and Dunkard Bottom (settlement 1774). > > In Samuel Wiley's "History of Preston County," on p. 406 in the section on > the Portland District, there somewhat contradictory information as he > writes the following: > > "William DOUGHERTY, father of Jarvis, lived near what is now St. Joe, and > owned a large amount of land. In 1794, William [sic] Elliott married Jane > DOUGHERTY, William's daughter. Abraham ELLIOT got land of Wm. Dougherty, > his father-in-law, and settled where Elliott Crane now lives. Abraham had > 11 children. [The eleventh was Margery, dau. of his second wife, the > former Mrs. Rebecca Dewitt.]" > > So, was the original DOUGHERTY in Preston a John who had a son named > William which confused Samuel Wiley? > > And, was Daniel, taken prisoner by the Indians in 1781, another son of John? > > Were Elizabeth and Susan daughters of John DOUGHERTY and his second wife? > > Regards, > Jane > >

Thank you for your reply on the surname Rightmire, Jane, I wonder if there is also information on that particular publication on the Daugherty (Dougherty) family who also lived in that area of Preston County 3rd great Grandfather James Rightmire married Elizabeth Daugherty and I believe her sister married Abraham Elliot and they eventually owned that property. Thanks beforhand with your much appreciated help. Alice

At 10:54 AM 3/6/2003 -0600, you wrote: >In a court record from Melba Pender Zinn it says "the road leads from Mr >John RIGHTMIRE'S Tavern to Mr Thomas BUTLER'S Mill. in 1802 is this >likely to mean Tavern as we think of a Tavern today or something else >entirely ? This was in Monongalia County and now part of Preston County >..I would be interested in anything on this John Rightmire as well as a >James Rightmire and Robert Rightmire who were in this area in that time >frame. Alice Hi, Alice, In Earl Core's The Monongalia Story: A Bicentennial History, Volume II. The Pioneers" there is a mention of a John RIGHTMIRE on p. 497 as an 1815 major in the 104th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, a Monongalia unit which later became a Preston unit when that county was formed in 1818. A tavern was generally an inn and located on a major road, a place for a stage coach or wagoners to stop where its passengers and driver could be fed and find a bed for the night, and sometimes entertainment was included. Some were the size of a small hotel, often made of brick or stone. Regards, Jane

Dallas, Any Wertz there in Blackville? Gloria Wertz of Point Marion, PA Plumbers favoite shoes are "clogs".

Douglas and Gloria; Blacksville on Monongalia Co WV is on the Border with PA. It is in the Clay District, I have some Cemetary Records of Blacksville WV. Let me know if you need lookups. Dallas JOHNSON tampa Gloria WErtz <craftnut@lcsys.net> wrote:Douglas, I am back now and sis il got the book. I tried to scanner it but the pages came out blank. I assumed the book cannot be scanned. The book I will have to take it to the store and see if I can print it out somehow. Then maybe I can scan it. To the other question sissy is what we call her is reading up on the family for you. Blacksville I am not familiar with but Fairmont is 22 miles from me. We go down on route 68 which was the old route 48 into route 79. We can see the police barracks, Wal-Mart and few other stores along the way. Now they are building route 43 to hook on to 68 and 79 and will be on the map within 5 years. That is how long its taken WV to build the road and we got ours done on PA side. Just waiting for them to hook it up. I can see what I can do. Gloria Wertz of Point Marion, PA Plumbers loves to tell their noisy neighbors to "pipe down."

Douglas, I am back now and sis il got the book. I tried to scanner it but the pages came out blank. I assumed the book cannot be scanned. The book I will have to take it to the store and see if I can print it out somehow. Then maybe I can scan it. To the other question sissy is what we call her is reading up on the family for you. Blacksville I am not familiar with but Fairmont is 22 miles from me. We go down on route 68 which was the old route 48 into route 79. We can see the police barracks, Wal-Mart and few other stores along the way. Now they are building route 43 to hook on to 68 and 79 and will be on the map within 5 years. That is how long its taken WV to build the road and we got ours done on PA side. Just waiting for them to hook it up. I can see what I can do. Gloria Wertz of Point Marion, PA Plumbers loves to tell their noisy neighbors to "pipe down."

Clara J. Hayhurst was born 15 Sep 1861 in Marion Co. W. Virginia, the dau. of Orlando Hayhurst and Dorcas Constable. She married the widower Robert Gibson, 11 May 1895 in Marion Co. But he was from Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana and they there to live. Both are buried in Rees Cemetery, Perry twp, Delaware Co, Indiana BUT their tombstones have no death dates. Does any one know when they died. They are both in the 1920m census, but not in 1930. Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

----- Original Message ----- From: Alice To: Va-Har-mon-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: Meaning of Tavern ? In a court record from Melba Pender Zinn it says "the road leads from Mr John RIGHTMIRE'S Tavern to Mr Thomas BUTLER'S Mill. in 1802 is this likely to mean Tavern as we think of a Tavern today or something else entirely ? This was in Monongalia County and now part of Preston County ..I would be interested in anything on this John Rightmire as well as a James Rightmire and Robert Rightmire who were in this area in that time frame. Alice

Maggie Nay and Elias Martin were my gg grandparents. Their son, Noah Martin married Matilda McIntire, d/o Pheobe Matilda Martin and Franklin McIntire. Noah and Matilda had one child, Alice Elvina Martin, who was my grandmother. Alice married Wyatt"Dock" Martin, the s/o Elisha and Minerva Martin. Yes, there was a lot of inter marrying. F.Toothman

Hi Ruby, Yes, related to both on my maternal side. Had to let my program do it's 'thing' to see the exact relationship: Elias MARTIN: I'm his 2nd great grandniece/1st cousin 4x removed/5th cousin 4x removed Maggie NAY: I'm her 1st cousin 4x removed/2nd cousin 3x removed/5th cousin 4x removed/6th cousin 3x removed Seems like the families inter-married. Makes my head swim!

Jill, Thanks for the date of marriage for Elias Martin and Maggie Nay Martin. When Maggie signed up for his pension in 1910 she stated on the application that they were married in Blacksville, Pa in 1852. No month or day given. Are you a descendant of them? Thanks, Ruby Casto [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

I have Elias MARTIN & Maggie NAY's marriage as 3/25/1852 in Harrison Co. Va(WV) - this was sent to me awhile back so I don't know how valid it is. Jill

Thanks for the many answers I received about Blacksville. I have looked for their marriage license and have not been able to find it. I never give up though. I keep searching. Elias Martin was a son of John Spencer Martin and Mary Nay. Mary Magdalene "Maggie" NAY Martin was a daughter of Asa Nay and Hester Martin Nay. I do not have a death date for Hester Martin Nay. Here is an example of first cousins getting married. Thanks once again. Ruby Casto recasto@iolinc.net [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

I saw your Martin and wondered if you have Elias and Mary's children. Or Elias' siblings. I am searching for John Worthy Martin b. Nov 1875 in WV. Any help is appreciated. Thank you, Cyndi on 3/4/03 7:24 PM, RECasto at recasto@iolinc.net wrote: > Wasn't the question about Blacksville also? I heard Rick Toothman tell at a > genealogy workshop one time that there was a big tree in Blacksville and > people went there to be married. > > When I got my great grandfather's Civil War papers he said, he went to > Blacksville to get married and I did not know where to look for marriage > records for Blacksville. > > Any help here. He was Elias Martin and she was Mary Magdalene "Maggie" Nay > and they were married in 1852. They lived in Marion County, WV. > > Thanks, > Ruby Casto > > > > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >

Point Marion was named after the Rev. War hero Frances Marion. And it's a nice place to be FROM. M. Davies > Dallas, if you have a map of WV and PA you will see at the borderline of PA > and WV Route 119. I am one mile to the borderline. Morgantown, WV starts > right there. There is a panhandle as you can see on the map. I am in > Fayette County and live in Springhill Township. Point Marion is a boro. A > boro is smaller than a town. We have a town if you call it that. About 10 > stores. These people here does not want to expand. They had a chance to > build a shopping center. The seniors did not want that. They want a quiet > town. They are not getting that for all the crimes we have. We have 565 > people paying for water and they have amost the same amount of people with > no running water. They have outside toliet. Believe me I am a Hamptonian and > we do not have outside toliet there. > > My husband was borned and raised here. I met him at Fort Eustis, Va and I > was born and raised there and we moved here in 92 when he retired. I do not > know when this place was formed but I do know its late 1700. I have info on > his ancentors from back then. They were living here in Point Marion. Point > Marion was not on the map for a very long time till I complain. Its there > now. People depends on map to show where these places are and how to get > there.. The council agree. I do not know a whole lot about Point Marion for > they are really strange people. You know if I see someone knocking on your > door, I will come out in the open and stand there til they open the door or > they go away. That's a crime watch. But not here. They don't want it. They > are scare. This is about all I know about Point Marion. My sil has a book on > earlier times but I never did read it yet. If there is something you want me > to scan or know let me know and she will read up on it for you. > > Gloria Wertz of Point Marion, PA > Plumbers loves to tell their noisy neighbors to "pipe down." >

Blacksville is almost due north of Fairmont, slightly west of due north. Right on the WV/PA border, in Monongalia County. Dan

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Wasn't the question about Blacksville also? I heard Rick Toothman tell at a genealogy workshop one time that there was a big tree in Blacksville and people went there to be married. When I got my great grandfather's Civil War papers he said, he went to Blacksville to get married and I did not know where to look for marriage records for Blacksville. Any help here. He was Elias Martin and she was Mary Magdalene "Maggie" Nay and they were married in 1852. They lived in Marion County, WV. Thanks, Ruby Casto [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]