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 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