I received the full version of this message on another list. This is only a proposal and the reason for the increase in price is that they want to start to send entire files. Again, it's only a proposal. Check the NARA site. I'm sure there are updates there. Michele ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sara Patton" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: NARA PRICES GOING UP Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:14:26 -0500 > > * * * * * > > The National Archives will be increasing the price of > Military Service Records from $10 to $17.50 > Pension Records (Rev. War, Civil War, etc.) from $10 to $40 > Effective July 1, 2000 > > I was told this information by a staff member of the National Archives > this > last Saturday in Washington, DC. You might want to get any orders in > before > the increase. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

> > * * * * * > > The National Archives will be increasing the price of > Military Service Records from $10 to $17.50 > Pension Records (Rev. War, Civil War, etc.) from $10 to $40 > Effective July 1, 2000 > > I was told this information by a staff member of the National Archives > this > last Saturday in Washington, DC. You might want to get any orders in > before > the increase.

Dear friends of WV genealogy and local history, My name is Ruth Bush-Highland. I am a member of Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants Library in Weston, WV, Lewis County. Currently we genealogists are trying to fight a problem that could hinder each & every genealogist & family member who has a relative buried in WV. Please read on about Senate Bill 90. This bill, if we can all pull together to get it passed in the House, would allow each & every person trying to visit a grave on private land to do so. If you or anyone you know has a family member buried on private land, there could possibly be a time very soon when you'll never be allowed to visit those graves & it would be upheld by law!!!!! Consider that the land currently held as a public cemetery one day be sold as private land. The person obtaining the land would no longer allow you access to visit the grave or graves of your family members. When our ancestors buried their dead on their own land, they did not forsee the land belonging to anyone other than family. That could possibly be the case with any cemetery. Even those in church yards. Churches are always being sold for one reason or another. Two years ago I had a call from a man in Webster County asking me how he could get permission to visit his wife's grave. She was buried in a family cemetery on land that had formerly belonged to the family. Now the land was sold and the landowners were denying him access to the cemetery. I had to tell him that there was no law permitting him access, that the landowner was within his rights in denying access. Last year a family here in Lewis County ran afoul of the landowner when they tried to bury their mother in what was once a church cemetery. The land around the cemetery had been sold, the new property owner had built a new house across the access road and would not permit the hearse to carry the mother to her final resting place. The case did go to court, a ruling was made for the establishment of a new road (which has not yet been done), and the landowner claims that he doesn't have to permit the family access to visit their mother's grave. Recently, a son of the family, after giving the property owner two weeks notice, was met by a man with a gun when he tried to visit his mother's grave. A quote from another concerned genealogist..... " XXXXX died in Harrison Co. in 1939. He was living in Anmoore, Harrison Co., WV at the "poor farm". It is my mother's recollection that he was also buried in the pauper's cemetery on the property. For the past two years while we have been visiting WV, I have tried to find information so I could bring my mother to her father's grave. She will be 75 her next birthday. We finally learned that the old poor farm is now the 4-H Camp and that everything on the property had been bulldozed - including part of the cemetery. The part of the cemetery that wasn't ripped up was the landing place for all the debris that was. While we knew there would most likely not have been a stone fro his grave, we still wanted to visit his final resting place. So sad that we can not." I know of other similar cases as these scattered around the state. Last year a bill was introduced in the WV Senate that would have addressed these problems. The House did not pass the bill. A couple of weeks ago, the WV Senate passed SB 90 which, if adopted by the House or if combined with a bill from the House would be a step forward in permitting access to family or private cemeteries by cemetery plot owners, heirs of deceased persons, family members of deceased persons and persons interested in engaging in genealogy research for the purposes of visitation of the grave sites, maintenance of the grave site or cemetery or research. It would also create a cause of action for injunctive relief if a person is not permitted access to the cemetery, requires visitors to conduct themselves in a responsible manner and limits the use of motor vehicles when accessing the cemetery. Now the House has HB 4370 in committee. If it does not get out of committee and if it is not acted upon in the next couple of weeks, the bill will die and there will be no relief. You can read HB4370 in its entirety at: http://129.71.161.247/scripts/as_web.exe?hbills2000+D+7832961 The genealogical and historical communities in West Virginia began acting in concert four years ago when we established History Day at the Legislature. Now is the time for us to get our act even more together and contact our delegates about the importance of this bill!!! The property rights activists are sending negative comments to the sponsors of this bill and others. Let us, West Virginia's genealogists, family researchers and historians, work together to preserve an important part of our history and gain access to our sacred grounds. Please send me your comments!!!! I would like to hear how you feel & any experiences your or anyone you know has experienced when trying to visit a cemetery on private land. You can personally send email to any or all of the members of the House by going to the following site -- http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ Then go to the box on the left & select HOUSE; at next screen select HOUSE MEMBERS. This will take you to the alphabetical list of all the house members & a hyper link to send email. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Ruth Bush Highland, Harrison County, WV

I hope you can forgive the multi-list posting, but I wanted to be sure and reach the most people that may have this information. Can anyone tell me the location of DeVault Cementery, and directions on how to get there from Cumberland, Maryland? There may be DeVault's from Monongalia and Hardy Counties buried there. My understanding is that it may be Marion County. Thanks for any help you can provide. John Devault

The following Evans were found on the Library of Virginia digital index of Northern Neck of Virginia land grants. I have no other information. See http://image.vtls.com/collections/NN.html EVANS Abel 50 ac.... (probaly in Hampshire) July 1854 Alexander 400ac with John Tharpe 1834 Alexander 75/8 ac NS of North River, Hardy Co 1853 Alexander 33 ac drains Stone Link Run, Hardy Co 1852 Caleb 143 ac with Joseph Thompson Hardy Co 1800 Caleb 25 ac on Stack Gap Run Hampshire Co 1827 Caleb 100 ac on North River Hardy Co 1796 Elijah 99ac Powell's Ft, near Passage Cr. Shenandoah Co 1792 Elijah 76ac Powells Ft, bnear Passage Cr Shenandoah Co 1794 Elijah 100 ac Massanutten Mtn Shenandoah Co, 1832 Hezekiah 110 ac Middle Mtn, Shenandoah Co, 1797 Isaac 200 ac Frederick County, 1760 Isaac 400 ac west drains of Opequon, Frederick 1762 Isaac 57 ac, es North Mountain, Frederick Co 1771 John 500 ac gr road to Potomack, Frederick Co 1752 John 467 ac drains of Evans Great spring, Fred. Co 1760 John 2211 ac Sugar Land Run, Loudoun Co. 1768 John 190 ac both sides Tilchenzy branch Berkeley County 1772 John & Wm 14m ac, ws Three Toped Mtn, Shenadoah Co 1847 John 227 ac on Branch Mtn on lead drains of North River & Tucker Run Hardy Co 1854 Joseph 37 ac on Opequon Berkeley Co 1777 Joseph 5 ac on drains of Opequon Berkeley Co 1801 Josehp 113 ac between Hawkbill and Mill Run Berkeley County 1818 Joseph 64 ac es of Main road to Luray in Shenandoah County 1819 Joseph 16 ac Hawksbill Crk Shenandoah 1821 Mary 424 ac on Tear Coat with drains of North River/great Cacaphon Hamsphire Co 1777 Peter 50 ac Drains of Dillon Run Hamsphire Co. 1853 Robert 300 ac on Cedar Creek Frederick Co 1766 Thomas 222 ac Branch of Mill Creek, Shenandoah Co 1779 William 400 ac branch of Cedar Creek, Frederick Co 1753 Three entries were listed for EVENS but probably were for EVANS EVENS Benjamin & Elizabeth Bosely 40 ac on drains of New Creek 1815 Isaac 282 ac Frederick County, adjoins Evans 1751 William 100 ac see William Vance, Frederick Co., 1762 Several notes" Old Frederick County was created in 1744 from Orange County. The original county included lands that were to become Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and Morgan in present day WV and in Virginia the counties of Warren, Clarke and parts of Shenandoah. Thus some of the earliest entries- 1744-late 1760's for Frederick might be for lands today found in other counties. In searching the index from which these names were drawn, I was unable to read any of the orginal documents even thjough some were accessible on-line. The copy was too small to read.

Dear Thelma, The earliest microfilm I have found for Hardy Co death registers begins at 1853. It is FHL #0818673. Martha near Seattle >Were deaths recorded in 1850? Is there a death book? >Thelma >

Hello Margaret, Here is the information I want to submit to the Hardy County Site regarding Free Negroes and Mulattoes in the 1810 Hardy County, VA Taxpayer Lists. The names are typed exactly as they appeared in the book, "A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for which the Census is Missing" by Netti Schreiner-Yantis. Jonathan Branson's List (Eastern District) Free Negroes and Mulattoes Page H-5 Paine, Laurence--Lives near Moorefield. Farmer Drew, London--On Townfort Run, near Moorefield. Farmer Mingo--Near Moorefield. Farmer Rachel--In Moorefield. Washing & spinning. Dover? Kate--In Moorefield at Walter Macombs. Housework Smith, Evan--Mulatto--On Middle Mt. Making Saltpeter. Ray, Thomas--Mulatto--On Capion. Farmer. Reed, Martah--Mulatto--Girl living at Wm. Reed's on Lost River. Housework Peck, James--Lost River. Farmer Rains, Robert--Lost River. Farmer Peck, John--Lost River. Farmer Jones Green's List Free Negroes Page H-7 Clifford, Isaac 1-0-3 Cuff 1-0-1 Warrick, Abraham 1-0-1 Stephen 1-0-0 Filler, Samuel 1-0-1 Lowerey, Elias 1-0-2 Sellars, Ail 1-0-0 Fidler, Edward 1-0-5 Redman, Reuben 1-0-2 Smith, James 3-0-5 Redman, Aaron 1-0-1 Redman, John 3-0-2 Redman, Moses 1-0-2 Sellars, Frederick 1-0-1 Sellars, Susannah 1-0-1 Dooley, William 1-0-3 Sellars, John 1-0-1 Duke, Samuel 1-0-1 Washington, Robert 1-0-1 Presser, Jerey 1-0-0 Redman, Richard 1-0-1 My note: Numbers after names are as follows: # Tithables, # Slaves over 12 yrs, # Horses. Hope this will benefit other reasearchers. Rose McDaniel

I did a search for South Branch Manor on the google.com search engine, and came up with the following: West Virginia State Archives Manuscript Collections Ms79-198 South Branch Valley Collection http://www.wvculture.org/history/ms79-198.html The manuscript collection has LOTS of personal notes and letters from the late 1700's through the mid-1800's, many original deeds, receipts, affidavits, depositions, papers from court cases, real estate disputes, etcetera. I don't know how to accessthese records short of driving to Charleston, but locating the records is certainly a start. The reason that I got South Branch Valley Collection with a search for South Branch Manor is that an 1801 Rental Roll for South Branch Manor is in the collection. If they have any earlier rental rolls, they're not in this particular collection. Brian Brian D. Core P.O. Box 1166 Brighton, CO 80601 [email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy For attachments, use: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I noticed on the rent rolls list that was published here recently the name Robert Ferguson. I am wondering if anyone has information on this line as I believe they are connected with my Anderson line. My David Anderson who lived in Hardy County from about 1823 until 1855 named his first son Robert Ferguson Anderson, who named HIS son Robert Ferguson Anderson. I know better than to leap to any conclusions by now but it does sound promising. I am having a terrible time trying to trace my Anderson line as there seem to be many, many of them in the WVA and VA area at that time. Any information or clues would make my day! In addition, I am wondering if anyone knows of a site where I can find county maps for this regional area that show, visually, how boundaries changed over time. I am a visual person and am having a real problem trying to get a handle on what was where when! Susan

Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 20 09 PM Subject: [PABRADFO] ANCESTORS > > > WHY WE HAVE TROUBLE FINDING OUR ANCESTORS > > by Jenny Calvin <[email protected]> > > My grandmother (born a Burgess), now age 91, has been very > helpful and patient with all my family history questions. > However, doing census searches in between asking her questions > sheds some light on why we have trouble finding those elusive > ancestors. > > Armed with a list of her daddy's siblings in random order, I > began my search. Very few of the names matched those on the > census, so I went back to ask her more questions: > > "Do you think 'Mary J.' in the census could be your Aunt Mae?" > "I don't know -- her name was Mary, but we always called her > Mae." Score 1! > > "Do you think 'Nancy M' could be your Aunt Minnie?" > "Could be. I was named after her." Score? > > "Was Uncle Lee's first name Walter? There is a Walter L. in the > census." > "I don't know. I never saw him but once or twice. He lived in > McKinney, Texas." (Information from another researcher showed a > Walter L. in McKinney, Texas.) Score 1! > > "I haven't been able to find Sam, Arlene, and John Haley in any > of the censuses." > "Oh! They were my daddy's half-siblings! His second wife was > named Ella, Pappy called her Miss Ella, and she out-lived Pa > Burgess." (They apparently married in the late 1890s and were > never in a census together; Pa Burgess died in January of 1900, > before Ella and the three children were counted in the census > in April; she was 37 years younger than he was, so I never would > have guessed her to be his wife.) Score 3! > > "I can't find your Uncle Jack in any census, but there is a > Millard living with your daddy who is listed as his brother." > "Uncle Jack didn't like his name, so he changed it. He moved to > Amarillo, Texas." Score 1! > > "In the 1910 census, there is a 5-month-old named Margrette, but > that's how old your sister Ellen should have been." > > "Pappy wanted to name her Margrette, but Mama wanted to name her > Ellen Rose. Her name really is Ellen Rose, but Pappy called her > Margrette most of the time, and we all just called her Baby." > (Guess who answered the census-taker's questions?) Score 1! > > These are just a few examples. Is it any wonder we can't find > our ancestors? What a blessing it is still to have my > grandparents to ask. Be sure to ask questions of your living > relatives -- when they're gone, so much information is gone > with them. > > > > >

re..... "Elias Stump. Can anyone shed any light on Elias Stump? Was Elias a nickname. Any help appreciated. Thanks Sue Kramer" Sue... my father mentions an Elias Stump twice in his book about the Stumps. The first is on page 60, apparently from the Lancaster County Historical Society Papers.... WILL BOOKS, page 46: Christopher Stump 1778 Book C, vol. 1, p. 578 Elias Stump 1792 Book F, vol. 1, p. 410 The second is on page 63 and I believe is from the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Lists 1751, 1756, 1757, 1758... 1758 Freeman, Leacock Township Stump, Elias Don't know if this is the Elias you are looking for. Hope the information is helpful. Emma

Let me apologize for having this on three lists. I have narrowed my James White's death between January 1850 and March 22, 1850. Were deaths recorded in 1850? Is there a death book? I would appreciate any help I can get and am willing to pay to get a record of this death. Thelma

The people along the South Fork ,especially Moorefield are said to have spoken German,Germany did not exist at that time,but that is beside the point,Low German and Dutch were the same .R

Hello New to the list, and am searching for the parents of Drusilla Stump b. 10 May 1760 possibility Hampshire Co Va, but lived in Hardy, W VA, She married Michael Yoakum b. 2 Dec 1757. They married 1 Mar 1776 in Hardy- Moorefield. Some say Drusilla was the dau of Elias Stump. Can anyone shed any light on Elias Stump? Was Elias a nickname. Any help appreciated. Thanks Sue Kramer

Great Job!!!!Do you have info on the Rogers[Sarah/Mary] who married into the Patton family and whose daughter from this marriage married into the Alkire family.R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara Patton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 7 28 AM Subject: South Branch Manor Rent Rolls > It should be noted that the South Branch Manor was one of several tracts of > land in the greater South Branch Valley of the Potomac belonging to Lord > Fairfax as part of his Northern Neck proprietary. It was located along the > South Branch between the southern tip of the Trough (just north of > Moorefield) to the Petersburg area. No one, to my knowledge, has ever found > or reconstructed a map of the lots within the South Branch Manor. > > The earliest list of names associated with the South Branch Manor (ca late > 1740s-1750s) appears in an excellent article by Charles Morrison entitled > "Early Fairfax Land Grants and Leases Along the South Branch of the > Potomac," in WV History, V37 (Oct 1976), pp. 1-22 . Morrison indicates that > he found some of these early rental roles in the Library of the WVA Dept of > Archives and History WV in Charleston. > > "Lots along the South Fork were numbered sequentially from (1) at the > Fairfax line to (20) at the South Branch Manor Line....Lots along the > Wappacomo [portion of the South Branch of the Potomac from Moorefield to its > mouth at the Potomac] were numbered sequentially from (1) at The Trough to > (64) at the mouth of the South Branch. (6) at the mouth of Buffalo Run, > (18) at Romney, (28) at Hanging Rock (Wappacomo)." There are other names > in the article for land owners on other tracts on the South Fork and on the > Wappacomo north of the Trough but I have only included those on the South > Branch Manor tract. > > Morrison states that the rental lists for the South Branch Manor are not > complete and are undated (though internal evidence shows at least some to be > prior to 1763.) Some of the names are of those associated with the lessee, > perhaps as witness or bondsman. > > SOUTH BRANCH MANOR LANDS > Arranged Numerically and Alphabetically by Sara Stevens Patton > > The following data was taken from "Early Fairfax Land Grants and Leases > Along the South Branch of the Potomac" by Charles Morrison published in West > Virginia History Vol. 37: 1-22 (Oct 1976) which is listed alphabetically. > By rearranging this data by numerical lot numbers or grouped by creek, it is > possible to discern geographical proximity and sometimes the actual location > of a given farmstead or "plantation." > > Often times, it is the names of such neighbors that appear as witnesses on > wills, estate appraisers, neighbors on land deeds, or bondsmen on other > documents. Family researchers may also notice how often the maiden name of > a wife appears as a neighboring name to the husband's family. > > It appears that the South Branch Manor lot numbers began at the south end of > the Trough going south to Moorefield (#20) and SW to Petersburg (#60s) and > west to the Manor Line. > > Lot # Name of Renter Acreage & Approximate Location (South > end of the Trough Beginning of South Branch Manor Lots) > > 1 John Renick 215 acres > 2 Abraham Hite 668 acres (also 71 acres no location given) > 3 Christian Snider 190 acres > 3 John Snivey/Sively 77 acres > 5 Harry Glebe 210 acres > 7 Daniel McNeal 320 acres > 8 Mathew Gilmore 155 acres, etc. > 9 James Christian 52 acres > 9 John McNeal 437 acres > 13 Christopher Cocke/Cox 133 acres > Joseph Inskip 133 acre, etc. > 14E George Reed/Reid 135 acres, etc. > 15 E John Lawrence 124 acres > 15E Patrick Linch/Lynch 166 acres > 17 Hampton Manor 96 acres > (Noah Hampton?) > 17 John Renick 122 acres (also on Lot 1) > 19 Jonathon Heath 105 acres > 20 Charley Lynch "Mill Track" W. side of mouth of So Fork in Moorefield > - Linches Mill 280 acres > 21 Henry Maun 78 acres > 21 E Samuel Beall 212 acres > 22 Charles Loyns/Lynch 81 acres > -- Conrad Lynch 62 acres Site of Moorefield > 23 Charles Lynch 116 acres > 24 Stephen Heart/Heard 50 acres > 24 Simon Hornback 137 acres > 25 James Cunningham 150 acres > 25 Samuel Hornback 150 acres at Golfcourse ? > 26 Henry March/Marsh 103 acres, etc. > 27 John Bishop 83 acres > 27 E Richard Cartright 86 acres > 28 Moses Hutton 580 acres, etc. > 29 David Castleman 119 acres > 30 > 31W Michael Alt 24 acres (also has 78 acres on 73W) > 32 > 33 E[dward] Williams 235 acres > 33 Isaac Hornback 235 acres > 34 > 35 Ratliff or Westfall 95 acres > 36 E Luke Collins 322 acres (corner to 36 E) > 37W Wm Ashby 45 acres > 38 > 39 > 40 Michael Sea 276 acres > 41 > 42 Wm Cunningham 242 acres (also has lot 57 W) > 43 Robt Cunningham 338 acres > 43 John Pancake 52 acres, etc. (north of Baker Rock) > 44W John Kimble 100 acres, etc. > 45 John Briggs 55 acres > 46 Anthony Baker 45 acres (near Durgontown-Baker Rock) > 46 John Miller 45 acres > 47 > 48 John Harness 271 acres > 49 E Jacob Harness 249 acres > 49 E Alexander Liggett 175 acres, etc. > 50 Matthias Hite 8 acres, etc. > 51 > 52 Jacob Hinkle 130 acres > 52W Henry Landers 130 acres > 53 > 54 > 55 Andrew Byrn 76 acres > 55 Christopher Huffman 168 acres > 55 Seighman Hour 59 acres > 56 > 57W Wm Cunningham 68 acres > 58 Adam Hyder 104 acres > 59 Anthony Badgely 20 acres > 59 Lewis Bush 77 acres > 60E Rudolph Hyer/Hire 165 acres (Near school) > 61 Randolph Shobe Ft. George (NE side of Petersburg near mouth of Mill > Creek) > 61E Leonard Hyer/Hire 223 acres Ft. George on or adjaent lot (NE > side of Petersburg near mouth of Mill Creek) > 62 > 63 Jacob Shobe 169 acres > 63W Michael Hornback 16 acres > 64 Martin Power {s) 130 acres > 65 Christopher Hermantrout/ 266 acres > Armentrout > 66 Martin Shobe 300 acres > 66 Henry Steel 105 acres > 67 Jacob Stooky 120 acres > 68 > 69 > 70 W John Cochran 55 acres > 71 John Robinson 139 acres > 72 > 73W Michael Alt 78 acres See also Lot 31W > 74 > 75 > 76 Benjamin Bean 114 acres > 77W James Cooberly/ 129 acres > Couchman/Coughman > 82 McKenny Robinson 55 acres > 84 Valentine Power 41 acres > > > - George Burn)Byrne 193 acres Along Mill Creek > - Michael Hahn 60 acres Mill Creek > - Benjamin Jones 311 acres Mill Creek > - Edward McGuire 1045 acres Mill Creek > - Daniel Richardson 465 acres Mill Creek at Manor Line > - John & Henry Wilson 258 acres Mill Creek > - Leonard Harness 202 acres, etc Looney's Creek > - Abraham Kuykendall 120 acres Looney's Creek > - James Scott 400 acres Looney's Creek > - Joseph Watson 322 acres, etc. Adjoining his own land on Luney's > Creek > - Job Welton 172 acres Looney's Creek > - John Welton 244 acres Looney's Creek > - Jacob Westfall 140 acres Looney's Creek > - John Westfall 42 acres Looney's Crekk > - George Whitman 90 acres, etc. Claylick Run, draft of Looney's > Creek > - David Welton 373 acres Flats > > Other names without lot numbers or Creeks > Maunis Alker 405 acres > James Anderson > Thomas Arby 1500 acres along Mudlick Run > Henry Batten 100 acres > Wm Bonner > Richard Byrn 100 acres > Michael Carr 89 acres > Samuel Cartwright 137 acres E (27E?) > Peter Casey 620 acres > Channell > Robert Clark 16 acres > James & Jonathon > Cockburn/Coburn 133 acres [Near mouth of Mill Creek at > Petersburg according to George Washington diaries-ssp] > John Collins 119 acres > John Conrad > Friend Cox 195 acres > Christian Dasher/Tosher 200 acres, etc. > Samuel Delay > John & James Delm/Delham 31 acres > Samuel Dew 182 > Robert Ferguson 100 > Adam Fisher [Neighbors of Harness, See] > John Fisher > John Foxcroft 352 acres, etc. > John Francis 181 acres > Christian Funk 42 acres > John Wm. Geinitz 51 acres > Eve Glaze 133 acres > Henry Hamilton 106 acres > Noah Hampton > Conrad Harness > George Harness 160 acres > Isaac Harness > Michael Harness 249 acres > William Haton 63 acres > Jacob Helmick 100 acres > John Hogban 60 acres > Daniel Hole 88 acres > Anthony Hornback 81 acres > Daniel Hornback 152 acres > Joel Hornback > Houghton > John Howard > John Inskip 89 acres > James Keith 110 acres > Henry Kerr 215 acres > Humphrey Keys 170 acres > Peter Kuykendall > Henry Lancisco/Lanciscus > William Lane 209 acres > Thomas Larry 89 acres > John Legate/Liggett 181 acres > Enock Leonard 150 acres > Job Little 60 acres > Jacob Long 158 acres > Luny/Looney > Nehemiah Martin 150 acres > Philip Mason 82 acres > Nicolas Mass 32 acres > Robert Maxwell 18 acres > Jacob May 175 acres > John McCulloch > Elizabeth McCullough > Thomas McGuire 463 acres > Daniel McLaughlin 100 acres > Philip Moore 138 acres > G.[George] Murray > William Naylor > William Norman 119 acres > John or Joseph O'Bannon > Adam O'Bryan 85 acres > Robert Owen 110 acres > Andrew Pancake 285 acres > Robert Parker 232 acres > Baulden Parsons 161 acres > James Parsons 145 acres > Thomas Parsons 22 acres > Peter Peters 214 acres > Martin Peterson > Thomas Price > Henry Pringle > Samuel Pringle > Peter Rambo 182 acres > Benjamin Ratliff 131 acres > John Reagar > John Reed 100 acres > Solomon Reed 396 acres > Peter Reid > George Renick 367 acres, etc. > William Renick 108 acres > Daniel Richards 140 acres (Also at Mill Creek) > Benjamin Robinson 49 acres > John Ross 100 acres > Philip Ross 150 acres > John Royce 228 acres > William Ruby 90 acres > Benjamin Scott 35 acres > David Scott > John Scott 350 acres > Frederick See > George See > Felix Seymour 450 acres > James Seymour > Abram Shobe > Rudolph Shobe 186 acres > Lawwrence Shock/Schrick 46 acres > Herman Shook > Charles Smith 155 acres > E[dward] Smith > William Smith 400 acres > John Spohr/Spohre 215 acres > Philip Swank 78 acres > James Tarpley 20 acres > Tapley Taylor 349 acres > Michael Thorn 405 acres > Peter Thorn > Robert Travis 55 acres > Andrew Trumbo 232 acres > Garratt VanMeter 298 acres > Isaac & Joseph VanMeter 129 acres > Jacob Van Meter 235 acres, etc. Adjoining his own land on > Spoor'/Spohr's Run > John VanMeter > Joseph VanMeter 288 acres > Andrew Waggener 100 acres > John Walker > Cornelius Ward 20 ½ acres > Henry Welton > Jonathon Welton > Mary Welton > Solomon Welton 412 acres > William Welton > Abel Westfall > Thomas Wheeler 106 acres > John Williams 270 acres, etc. > Mary Williams > Richard Williams 232 acres > William H. Wilson > Andrew Wodrow 100 acres > John Wood 9 acres > Thomas Wood 312 acres > George Yokum > John Yokum 119 acres > Mathias Yocum > Ebenezer Zane Near Old Fields > Elizabeth Zane > William Zane > > > >

I am searching the Shrout family.They migrated to this area in the early1700s.Anything on the Shrout family would be greatly appreciated.

It occurred to me after reading the rent rolls that someone on the list might have some connections to my family lines since the names of so many of my related families all seem to converge in the area, although over rather a long period of time. Peter Rambo from PA was George North's grandfather. George was born in PA but moved to WVA in 1790 and settled near Harper's Ferry. He married Eliza Keyes, daughter of Humphrey Keyes and Sarah Hall of Halltown. Their son Thomas Jefferson North married Elizabeth Henkle (Hinkle?). Their daughter Martha Henkle North married Robert Ferguson Anderson. When she died he married her sister Sarah Keyes North. One of their children was named Robert Ferguson Anderson. I have lots of information on all of these families (although I am always glad to get more!) except the Anderson. I noticed a James Anderson and a Robert Ferguson on the rent rolls. My Robert Ferguson Anderson was born in WVA in 1825. His father was David Anderson (who married Mary Hackley), son of John Anderson, a good friend of George North. I would bet anything that the James on the rent rolls is related to my Anderson line...also the Robert Ferguson listed. The Anderson and Hackley lines are my brick walls. I can bring them forward from Robert Ferguson Anderson but only have sketchy information on David and nothing on John..no dob, place or origin, other family, etc. David lived and worked in Hardy County as an adult before moving to Illinois where he died in 1860. Can anyone help? Susan

The following article appeared in a supplement to The Moorefield Examiner on Wednesday, September 23, 1992. No author noted. A Time Of Prosperity Cattle were not the only source of wealth. Colonel Garret VanMeter owned 90 head of sheep, 70 head of largest hogs, 60 lesser hogs, 17 mares, 19 colts, and 13 horses in addition to 163 cattle when his estate was appraised in 1789. Both sheep and hogs occur regularly in the 41 inventories of Hardy County residents filed from 1780 to 1790. The appraisers reported from 3 to 9 sheep and 9 - 15 hogs. Tax returns list the number of horses owned by an individual. The larger farmers frequently owned as many as 15 or 16 horses, but it was unusual for anyone to have as many as 20 horses in the 1780's and 1790's. The largest numbers on a farm were often found above the Gap and in the Mill Creek section, rather than in the cattle country of the South Branch Valley. Martin Shobe Sr., Christopher Armentrout, and David Welton had the most horses in Hardy County, next to Garret VanMeter, and were usually taxed for 20-30 horses. Adam, Jacob, John Fisher, George Harness, James Machir, and Abel Seymour also paid taxes on 20-35 horses in the 1790's. William Cunningham's 60 horses on the 1801 tax assessment was as exceptional as Garrett VanMeter's 57 horses in 1786. Most Hardy County farmers grew various small grains. Rye, wheat, and corn grew on most Hardy County farms in the 1780's. Cornelius Westfall's appraisers reported 7 acres of wheat and (acres) of rye are mentioned in more than half the estate inventories. Hay stacks, corn and "corn fother" are mentioned in fewer than a third of the inventories. Oats are a much less common crop. Adam Couchman's appraisal in 1786 is the first mentioned and there are only four others. Peter Casey raised wheat, rye, oats, flax, hay and 35 acres of corn. Nearly every appraisal in the 1780's included hemp, "broke hemp," "unbroke hemp," or the hemp brake itself, the tool used in breaking hemp stalks to extract the fibers. Flax and flaxseed occur less frequently, but more than half the inventories include flax in some form or a flax hackle. Both crops were probably grown in no more than an acre or two, primarily for household cloth-making. There had been a bounty on hemp growing and it was a commercial crop of some importance through the American Revolution, but was rapidly fading in the 1780's. Wagons were owned by nearly every Hardy County farmer in this decade. The few appraisals without wagons are mainly of people with other occupations. Farming tools have become more specialized as well as more numerous. Craftsmen followed their own trades, but often owned tools for several related ones. Captain Jacob Reed's 1780 inventory included gunstocking, turning, carpenter's, cooper's, and joiner's tools. Adam Fisher, a blacksmith, had smith's, joiner's and gunstocking tools. Farmers like Jacob Yoakum and James Sears owned shoemaker's and carpenter's tools; some people still had to be jacks-of-all-trades, but the Hardy County economy permitted some specialization by tradesmen and artisans. Leonard Hire's inventory included stills, still tubs, and copper ware. John Westfall also had a still and still tubs. Michael Harness had 110 gallons of brandy, 9 hogsheads and 2 barrels of cider and one barrel of cider-royal. Looms, tackles, gears, weaver's spools turned up in nearly half the inventories. The owners, such men as Leonard Hire and Jacob Miller and Andrew Viney, cannot have been primarily weavers, since their estates reflect farming and other occupations. John Westfall's appraisers valued "servant man John Ozborn" at L 8, just a tenth of the value they assigned to "Negro Man Tom." This is the only reference to an indentured servant in the 1780's. Slaves are mentioned in one of every five appraisals. One index of the prosperity of Hardy County residents can be found in their investments. Michael Harness had two militia certificates, worth L 32, David Hogue had a military warrant for 200 acres that he purchased from one Robert Galbreath. Few could approach the scale of Colonel Garrett VanMeter whose estate included Land Office Certificates valued at L 459 and Military Certificates valued at L 619. Only 6 of the inventories in this 1780-1790 sample listed money loaned to others. Some represented bonded debts of only a pound or two. Cash in varying amounts was part of 8 estates. Life on the South Branch and Lost River had become more comfortable by 1780. Household furnishings and personal possessions reflect a much higher standard of living than in 1750-1760. Widow Ann Reed had a "cubbert" with pewter, a "broken set tea wair," knives, forks, and a tea canister. Jacob Yoakum's appraisers noted a table, 6 chairs, earthen ware and a looking glass. Lawrence Haff had two chests, a cupboard, two tables, 6 chairs and a coffee mill. Matthew George Stookey had a pewter coffee pot, but still used 8 trenchers. Wooden ware was very uncommon, by the 1780's. Pewter dishes are most common. Nearly everyone owned at least one pewter basin or several plates. Leonard Hire had pewter tankards. John Westfall's kitchen cupboard held a sugar box, coffee pot, tea kettle, porringer and "delf plates." Alexander Dugan (Doogan) left 3 earthen plates and 5 tea cups. Adam Hider had 8 tea cups and George Sites 4 tea cups. Rooms were no longer so bare. Widow Jane Denton had a big chair, an armchair and two small chairs. Jacob Miller's house furnishings included a chest of drawers, chest, armchair, 4 chairs, 2 clocks, a brass clock, a tobacco box. Both lived on Lost River. Peter Casey in the Old Fields section had a desk and bookcase, 2 tables, a stand, another table, 3 chests, 7 chairs, a clock and 3 looking glasses. His neighbor Colonel Garret VanMeter had a cannon stove, the only stove listed in an inventory, a desk and bookcase, many small tables and chests and a dozen chairs. He set his table with crockery and owned silver tea and table spoons, sugar tongs and sugar box as well as 9 pewter plates and 2 "basons." Colonel VanMeter's inventory is interesting from its clear separation of one room from another, suggesting greater privacy in a large house. Nearly all appraisers listed from three to six beds, bedsteads and bedding, feather beds and chaff beds, blankets and quilts. Poorer people left few possessions, clothes, a bed, a few tools, a cow, a horse, sometimes even less than that. A fourth of the inventories in the sample are under L 50. Jacob Rodes (Rhodes) left only his clothing, silver buckles, handkerchief, razor, snuffbox, and two books, the whole valued at L 14. His appraisers also found unpaid bills "due for schooling to said Rhodes." He was evidently a Hardy County school teacher. Many inventories in the 1780's listed books, few by title. Captain Jacob Reed's appraisers listed "Hole Duty of Man," "Bibel," psalm book and "Young Man's Best Companion." These four are commonly found, along with a prayer book. Jacob Miller's estate included "dutch printed books." Colonel Garrett VanMeter owned a large Bible, "Boston's Whole Works," Dictionary, "Looking Unto Jesus Christ", "Complete Duty of Man," "Confession of Faith," "Durham on Isaiah", "Pilgrim's Progress", "Muir's Sermons," "McEwen's Essays", "Watts Hymnal and Psalms," and "9 other books."

Greetings, Would like to know if the John Parker who was included in the list of taxpayers for Hardy County in 1810 can be connected to the John Parker who died in Hampshire County in 1760? Thanks for your help. Rose

It should be noted that the South Branch Manor was one of several tracts of land in the greater South Branch Valley of the Potomac belonging to Lord Fairfax as part of his Northern Neck proprietary. It was located along the South Branch between the southern tip of the Trough (just north of Moorefield) to the Petersburg area. No one, to my knowledge, has ever found or reconstructed a map of the lots within the South Branch Manor. The earliest list of names associated with the South Branch Manor (ca late 1740s-1750s) appears in an excellent article by Charles Morrison entitled "Early Fairfax Land Grants and Leases Along the South Branch of the Potomac," in WV History, V37 (Oct 1976), pp. 1-22 . Morrison indicates that he found some of these early rental roles in the Library of the WVA Dept of Archives and History WV in Charleston. "Lots along the South Fork were numbered sequentially from (1) at the Fairfax line to (20) at the South Branch Manor Line....Lots along the Wappacomo [portion of the South Branch of the Potomac from Moorefield to its mouth at the Potomac] were numbered sequentially from (1) at The Trough to (64) at the mouth of the South Branch. (6) at the mouth of Buffalo Run, (18) at Romney, (28) at Hanging Rock (Wappacomo)." There are other names in the article for land owners on other tracts on the South Fork and on the Wappacomo north of the Trough but I have only included those on the South Branch Manor tract. Morrison states that the rental lists for the South Branch Manor are not complete and are undated (though internal evidence shows at least some to be prior to 1763.) Some of the names are of those associated with the lessee, perhaps as witness or bondsman. SOUTH BRANCH MANOR LANDS Arranged Numerically and Alphabetically by Sara Stevens Patton The following data was taken from "Early Fairfax Land Grants and Leases Along the South Branch of the Potomac" by Charles Morrison published in West Virginia History Vol. 37: 1-22 (Oct 1976) which is listed alphabetically. By rearranging this data by numerical lot numbers or grouped by creek, it is possible to discern geographical proximity and sometimes the actual location of a given farmstead or "plantation." Often times, it is the names of such neighbors that appear as witnesses on wills, estate appraisers, neighbors on land deeds, or bondsmen on other documents. Family researchers may also notice how often the maiden name of a wife appears as a neighboring name to the husband's family. It appears that the South Branch Manor lot numbers began at the south end of the Trough going south to Moorefield (#20) and SW to Petersburg (#60s) and west to the Manor Line. Lot # Name of Renter Acreage & Approximate Location (South end of the Trough Beginning of South Branch Manor Lots) 1 John Renick 215 acres 2 Abraham Hite 668 acres (also 71 acres no location given) 3 Christian Snider 190 acres 3 John Snivey/Sively 77 acres 5 Harry Glebe 210 acres 7 Daniel McNeal 320 acres 8 Mathew Gilmore 155 acres, etc. 9 James Christian 52 acres 9 John McNeal 437 acres 13 Christopher Cocke/Cox 133 acres Joseph Inskip 133 acre, etc. 14E George Reed/Reid 135 acres, etc. 15 E John Lawrence 124 acres 15E Patrick Linch/Lynch 166 acres 17 Hampton Manor 96 acres (Noah Hampton?) 17 John Renick 122 acres (also on Lot 1) 19 Jonathon Heath 105 acres 20 Charley Lynch "Mill Track" W. side of mouth of So Fork in Moorefield - Linches Mill 280 acres 21 Henry Maun 78 acres 21 E Samuel Beall 212 acres 22 Charles Loyns/Lynch 81 acres -- Conrad Lynch 62 acres Site of Moorefield 23 Charles Lynch 116 acres 24 Stephen Heart/Heard 50 acres 24 Simon Hornback 137 acres 25 James Cunningham 150 acres 25 Samuel Hornback 150 acres at Golfcourse ? 26 Henry March/Marsh 103 acres, etc. 27 John Bishop 83 acres 27 E Richard Cartright 86 acres 28 Moses Hutton 580 acres, etc. 29 David Castleman 119 acres 30 31W Michael Alt 24 acres (also has 78 acres on 73W) 32 33 E[dward] Williams 235 acres 33 Isaac Hornback 235 acres 34 35 Ratliff or Westfall 95 acres 36 E Luke Collins 322 acres (corner to 36 E) 37W Wm Ashby 45 acres 38 39 40 Michael Sea 276 acres 41 42 Wm Cunningham 242 acres (also has lot 57 W) 43 Robt Cunningham 338 acres 43 John Pancake 52 acres, etc. (north of Baker Rock) 44W John Kimble 100 acres, etc. 45 John Briggs 55 acres 46 Anthony Baker 45 acres (near Durgontown-Baker Rock) 46 John Miller 45 acres 47 48 John Harness 271 acres 49 E Jacob Harness 249 acres 49 E Alexander Liggett 175 acres, etc. 50 Matthias Hite 8 acres, etc. 51 52 Jacob Hinkle 130 acres 52W Henry Landers 130 acres 53 54 55 Andrew Byrn 76 acres 55 Christopher Huffman 168 acres 55 Seighman Hour 59 acres 56 57W Wm Cunningham 68 acres 58 Adam Hyder 104 acres 59 Anthony Badgely 20 acres 59 Lewis Bush 77 acres 60E Rudolph Hyer/Hire 165 acres (Near school) 61 Randolph Shobe Ft. George (NE side of Petersburg near mouth of Mill Creek) 61E Leonard Hyer/Hire 223 acres Ft. George on or adjaent lot (NE side of Petersburg near mouth of Mill Creek) 62 63 Jacob Shobe 169 acres 63W Michael Hornback 16 acres 64 Martin Power {s) 130 acres 65 Christopher Hermantrout/ 266 acres Armentrout 66 Martin Shobe 300 acres 66 Henry Steel 105 acres 67 Jacob Stooky 120 acres 68 69 70 W John Cochran 55 acres 71 John Robinson 139 acres 72 73W Michael Alt 78 acres See also Lot 31W 74 75 76 Benjamin Bean 114 acres 77W James Cooberly/ 129 acres Couchman/Coughman 82 McKenny Robinson 55 acres 84 Valentine Power 41 acres - George Burn)Byrne 193 acres Along Mill Creek - Michael Hahn 60 acres Mill Creek - Benjamin Jones 311 acres Mill Creek - Edward McGuire 1045 acres Mill Creek - Daniel Richardson 465 acres Mill Creek at Manor Line - John & Henry Wilson 258 acres Mill Creek - Leonard Harness 202 acres, etc Looney's Creek - Abraham Kuykendall 120 acres Looney's Creek - James Scott 400 acres Looney's Creek - Joseph Watson 322 acres, etc. Adjoining his own land on Luney's Creek - Job Welton 172 acres Looney's Creek - John Welton 244 acres Looney's Creek - Jacob Westfall 140 acres Looney's Creek - John Westfall 42 acres Looney's Crekk - George Whitman 90 acres, etc. Claylick Run, draft of Looney's Creek - David Welton 373 acres Flats Other names without lot numbers or Creeks Maunis Alker 405 acres James Anderson Thomas Arby 1500 acres along Mudlick Run Henry Batten 100 acres Wm Bonner Richard Byrn 100 acres Michael Carr 89 acres Samuel Cartwright 137 acres E (27E?) Peter Casey 620 acres Channell Robert Clark 16 acres James & Jonathon Cockburn/Coburn 133 acres [Near mouth of Mill Creek at Petersburg according to George Washington diaries-ssp] John Collins 119 acres John Conrad Friend Cox 195 acres Christian Dasher/Tosher 200 acres, etc. Samuel Delay John & James Delm/Delham 31 acres Samuel Dew 182 Robert Ferguson 100 Adam Fisher [Neighbors of Harness, See] John Fisher John Foxcroft 352 acres, etc. John Francis 181 acres Christian Funk 42 acres John Wm. Geinitz 51 acres Eve Glaze 133 acres Henry Hamilton 106 acres Noah Hampton Conrad Harness George Harness 160 acres Isaac Harness Michael Harness 249 acres William Haton 63 acres Jacob Helmick 100 acres John Hogban 60 acres Daniel Hole 88 acres Anthony Hornback 81 acres Daniel Hornback 152 acres Joel Hornback Houghton John Howard John Inskip 89 acres James Keith 110 acres Henry Kerr 215 acres Humphrey Keys 170 acres Peter Kuykendall Henry Lancisco/Lanciscus William Lane 209 acres Thomas Larry 89 acres John Legate/Liggett 181 acres Enock Leonard 150 acres Job Little 60 acres Jacob Long 158 acres Luny/Looney Nehemiah Martin 150 acres Philip Mason 82 acres Nicolas Mass 32 acres Robert Maxwell 18 acres Jacob May 175 acres John McCulloch Elizabeth McCullough Thomas McGuire 463 acres Daniel McLaughlin 100 acres Philip Moore 138 acres G.[George] Murray William Naylor William Norman 119 acres John or Joseph O'Bannon Adam O'Bryan 85 acres Robert Owen 110 acres Andrew Pancake 285 acres Robert Parker 232 acres Baulden Parsons 161 acres James Parsons 145 acres Thomas Parsons 22 acres Peter Peters 214 acres Martin Peterson Thomas Price Henry Pringle Samuel Pringle Peter Rambo 182 acres Benjamin Ratliff 131 acres John Reagar John Reed 100 acres Solomon Reed 396 acres Peter Reid George Renick 367 acres, etc. William Renick 108 acres Daniel Richards 140 acres (Also at Mill Creek) Benjamin Robinson 49 acres John Ross 100 acres Philip Ross 150 acres John Royce 228 acres William Ruby 90 acres Benjamin Scott 35 acres David Scott John Scott 350 acres Frederick See George See Felix Seymour 450 acres James Seymour Abram Shobe Rudolph Shobe 186 acres Lawwrence Shock/Schrick 46 acres Herman Shook Charles Smith 155 acres E[dward] Smith William Smith 400 acres John Spohr/Spohre 215 acres Philip Swank 78 acres James Tarpley 20 acres Tapley Taylor 349 acres Michael Thorn 405 acres Peter Thorn Robert Travis 55 acres Andrew Trumbo 232 acres Garratt VanMeter 298 acres Isaac & Joseph VanMeter 129 acres Jacob Van Meter 235 acres, etc. Adjoining his own land on Spoor'/Spohr's Run John VanMeter Joseph VanMeter 288 acres Andrew Waggener 100 acres John Walker Cornelius Ward 20 ½ acres Henry Welton Jonathon Welton Mary Welton Solomon Welton 412 acres William Welton Abel Westfall Thomas Wheeler 106 acres John Williams 270 acres, etc. Mary Williams Richard Williams 232 acres William H. Wilson Andrew Wodrow 100 acres John Wood 9 acres Thomas Wood 312 acres George Yokum John Yokum 119 acres Mathias Yocum Ebenezer Zane Near Old Fields Elizabeth Zane William Zane