Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire?read=1242 Surname: Arnold ------------------------- I have nothing on Josiah, but Vicki B. Horton's "Hampshire Co. Marriages of the 1800's" has a listing for a Joseph Arnold. I don't know if this is your Joseph, but here is the listing: Joseph Arnold to Elizabeth Sloane, 20 Jan 1827 (license or bond date) Wilmer Kerns' "Historical Records of Old Frederick & Hampshire Counties, Va." contains the following: "Arnold, John, son of Richard and Christina (Davis) Arnold, pioneers to Hampshire Co, was born on Sept 6, 1735 and died in 1819 in Hampshire Co. He married Hannah Parks, daughter of Roger and Hannah Parks. John's father, Richard Arnold, died in Hampshire Co in 1758. He helped George Washington survey several of the lots along the Cacapon River. Source: Court deposition re Nixon case, et al." There is another reference to this Richard Arnold in the book. If this is your Richard, and you would like the reference, e-mail me directly.