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 > >