RootsWeb Mailing List Archives

RootsWeb.com Mailing Lists

Home

Results for list 'wvhardy'

Sender

Subject

Content

Total: 1/1

1. [Fwd: [WVHAMPSH-L] Re: Settlers to New Design, Illinois, 1797]
2. Veerle Foreman
3. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------16064AAD6F4D84B8D327CD71 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This appeared on The Hampshire site and ought to be on the Hardy Page too --------------16064AAD6F4D84B8D327CD71 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by norm.shentel.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA21086 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 15:18:32 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e65JGhC27139; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:16:43 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:16:43 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed Jul 5 12:16:42 2000 Message-Id: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> From: "Joyce Reiss" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 15:14:03 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Re: Settlers to New Design, Illinois, 1797 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1974 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Source: "History of Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia" by E L Judy Petersburg, West Virginia. Printed by Charleston Printing Company, Charleston, West Virginia. Copyright 1951. pp111-112 (following a quote from Judy's book.) "Governor John Reynolds in his "Pioneer History of Illinois" published in 1852 gives much praise to emigrants from Hardy County. He termed them an efficient and enterprising colony of Americans from Hardy County, Virginia, who settled at New Design, Illinois in 1797; and says this was the largest and most flourishing company of farmers, mechanics and laborers that ever came to Illinois at or before that day. He states that a year or so before David Badgley, Leonard Carr, Abraham Stookey, Daniel Stookey, Abraham Iman, Solomon Shook, a Mr Whetstone, a Mr Borror and others came as explorers and thoroughly examined the country and remained most of the summer and that David Badgley, a minister, frequently preached and that they returned to Virginia and reported to their neighbors and friends and that a whole colony, in number about one hundred fifty-four souls, crossed the mountains in wagons, on pack horses and on foot to Morgantown on the Monongahela River and there waited for some time for boats to be finished and in May they set sail down the river on their way to Illinois, the land of promise; and he tells of their many hardships on their trip and after they reached New Design, including a most malignant fever. He reports that the graveyard of 1797 may yet be seen at New Design which will cause the observer to shudder at the mortality and distress of that day; and says there was scarcely a family of all these emigrants that did not have to mourn the loss of one or more of its number and that many of the families were left nearly extinct. Reference is made to the names of Badgley, Carr, Clark, Iman, Miller, Mitchel, Shook, Teter and others as heads of families of this colony whose descendants are recognized as numerous and respectable; and he says that this colony introduced an orderly and moral influence which did great service to the previous inhabitants; and that these emigrants from Virginia attended strictly and honestly to business and not only improved the country but their example also improved the people. Reference is made to Rev David Badgley as a devoted and active Baptist minister who organized the first church of this denomination at New Design. Governor Reynolds gives names of many other early pioneers of Illinois as distinguished Indian fighters, soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and preachers, doctors, lawyers and successful business men and prominent and useful in the affairs of state or locally and says they came from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky or other eastern states; and it may be and we think it likely that a considerable number of these pioneers at one time lived in the South Branch Valley or passed through this gateway on their road to the west. Space will not permit a detailed report of these brave pioneers but following are among names shown in this interesting history: Anderson, Baker, Bird, Bond, Brady, Brown, Calhoun, Casey, Chambers, Cochran, Collins, Cook, Cox, Daniels, Enochs, Finley, Fisher, Ford, Gregg, Harness, Hayes, Higgins, Hill, Hopkins, Hughes, Hull, Johnson, Jones, Judy, Kitchen, Lemon, Lyon, McClure, McDonald, McMechen, Michael, Moore, Patterson, Peck, Pope, Price, Randall, Ratcliff, Rawlings, Rigg, Russell, Rutherford, Scott, Smith, Sprigg, Stewart, Stubblefield, Thomas, Thompson, Valentine, VanMeter, Wolfe and Worley." Mr Judy then gives a write up on Dr George Fisher and Jacob Judy. Hopes this adds to the information that you have. Joyce ---------- > From: HERMON B FAGLEY <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Unidentified subject! > Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 6:53 PM > > <e: Rev David Badgley>Ill from Hampshire Co,WV PTSIZE=10 > Date: 06/24/2000 4:40:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Jim Bridges) > Reply-to: [email protected] (Jim Bridges) > To: [email protected] > < What surnames migrated with Rev David Badgely? > < > I really don't know the answer to that question. However, on David's > first > trip to Illinois, in 1796, the scouting party consisted of Badgleys, > Leonard > Carr, Abraham Stookey, Daniel Stookey, Abraham Iman, Solomon Shook, a > Mr. > Whetstone, a Mr. Borrer, and others. [source: "David Badgley in > Illinois > Territory" by Lyn Allison Yeager, published in "Foundations, a > Baptist > Journal of History and Theology," July-September, 1977, p. 264.] > > > I'm sure I read they stopped > > a year or ywo in Bourbon-Montgomery Co,Ky. > The above cited article fails to show that. This article notes that > upon > their return in 1796 to WV, all in the community agreed to move to > the > Illinois Territory after a series of community wide meetings. In the > spring > of 1797 the move began. 154 people crossed the mountains to Morgantown > and > the Monongahela River. It is believed the group continued onto the > little > town of Brownsville, Pa. There they secured flatboats, called a > Kentucky > flat, because travel along the Ohio passed the length of Kentucky. In > May > they pushed off from Brownsville for their journey of 1300 miles. > They > docked at Fort Massac and began their overland journey to New Design. > > > Any knowledge of Susanah Dayton or Thomas and Mary Ball Brown, 1782-87 > tax > > lists near Moorefield,WV? Any Ball ties in Essex co,NJ. Ever see > the > Batchley > > spelling of Badgely? > I've seen the Batchley surname before - but not linked to Badgley. I > have > no knowledge of the other people above. Sorry. > Jim Bridges > St. Clair Co. IL GenWeb Project Coordinato > e-mail: [email protected] > http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimbridg/stclair.htm > > </XMP> > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from rly-ye04.mx.aol.com (rly-ye04.mail.aol.com > [172.18.151.201]) by air-ye03.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Sat, 24 Jun > 2000 16:40:28 -0400 > Received: from node15.cwnet.frontiernet.net (node15.frontiernet.net > [209.130.129.205]) by rly-ye04.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Sat, 24 > Jun 2000 16:40:06 -0400 > R > Reply-To: "Jim Bridges" <[email protected]> > From: "Jim Bridges" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > References: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rev David Badgley>Ill from Hampshire Co,WV > Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:40:47 -0400 > O > ________________________________________________________________ > 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. --------------16064AAD6F4D84B8D327CD71--
07/05/2000 03:02:07