The Revolution war ,Ohio was a territory and land was given to the Veterans,many from Moorefield wanted to move on and get away from the new comers,My Hornbeck/Alkires/Elliott's,Harness,Patton and many more went to KY then OH or directly to the 160 acre Government allotment land,and Pickaway was a haven for them,many then went on to IN and then the Civil War got them and they later got land in KS,NE,MO,and further west. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Renick" <brenick@columbus.rr.com> To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family > At last a question that I know something about. They raised cattle and > needed more room than was availabe around Morefield.. As I understand it, > in > Ohio, the first settlers from Hardy County went to Ross County > (Chillicothe), and later arrivals went on to Pickaway, Licking, Fairfield, > and Fayette Counties. > > I have copied several pages from The Hardy County History that discusses > this and put the pages in a pdf file at > http://home.columbus.rr.com/renicks/HardyCountyHistory.pdf > > You will need to use magnify to read the pages as the pages are actually > pictures. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "1930Sue Dietz" <mandsdietz@hotmail.com> > To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family > > >> wish i knew the reason for the migration from hardy and northern/western >> virginia to licking co. >> >> anyone got ideas? s >> >> >>>From: "Gary Collins" <gcollin2@columbus.rr.com> >>>Reply-To: wvhardy@rootsweb.com >>>To: <WVHARDY@rootsweb.com> >>>Subject: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family >>>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:01:40 -0400 >>> >>>I am looking for information regarding the migration from Virginia to >>>Ohio. >>> My ancester, Benjamin Stover and his wife Sarah Chilcutt moved from >>> Hardy >>>Co. Virginia, now W. Virginia, to Fairfield, then Licking County Ohio >>>around 1810. His son, my direct ancestor, George W. Stover married >>>Elizabeth Green in Licking County. They were all strong members of the >>>United Brethren Church. George being one of the primary founders in 1856, >>>of Berlin Chapel later called Peachblow UB Church in the Alumcreek >>>Circuit, Sandusky Ohio Conference. Later the Scioto and SE Ohio >>>Conferences. He was Class Leader of that church and had License to exhort >>>the Gospel. I have several records and documents from the church which >>>is >>>still open as a United Methodist Church. They recently celebrated their >>>150th Anniversary. >>> >>>I am searching for information on both the Church history and personal >>>family history in the span between 1750 & 1850. Other names associated >>>with the church & family are Houser, Ault, Good, Rhodes, Emswiler. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Gary Collins >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes >>>in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Search-Your way, your world, right now! >> http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&FORM=WLMTAG >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My family started in Franklin County Pa, on to Medina OH and from there homesteaded in Benzie Michigan. The other side started in Jefferson County VA/WV, on to Belmont OH and from there homesteaded in Manistee Michigan. On Sep 30, 2006, at 9:35 PM, Roland Elliott wrote: > The Revolution war ,Ohio was a territory and land was given to the > Veterans,many from Moorefield wanted to move on and get away from > the new > comers,My Hornbeck/Alkires/Elliott's,Harness,Patton and many more > went to KY > then OH or directly to the 160 acre Government allotment land,and > Pickaway > was a haven for them,many then went on to IN and then the Civil War > got them > and they later got land in KS,NE,MO,and further west. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Renick" <brenick@columbus.rr.com> > To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:19 PM > Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family > > >> At last a question that I know something about. They raised cattle >> and >> needed more room than was availabe around Morefield.. As I >> understand it, >> in >> Ohio, the first settlers from Hardy County went to Ross County >> (Chillicothe), and later arrivals went on to Pickaway, Licking, >> Fairfield, >> and Fayette Counties. >> >> I have copied several pages from The Hardy County History that >> discusses >> this and put the pages in a pdf file at >> http://home.columbus.rr.com/renicks/HardyCountyHistory.pdf >> >> You will need to use magnify to read the pages as the pages are >> actually >> pictures. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "1930Sue Dietz" <mandsdietz@hotmail.com> >> To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family >> >> >>> wish i knew the reason for the migration from hardy and northern/ >>> western >>> virginia to licking co. >>> >>> anyone got ideas? s >>> >>> >>>> From: "Gary Collins" <gcollin2@columbus.rr.com> >>>> Reply-To: wvhardy@rootsweb.com >>>> To: <WVHARDY@rootsweb.com> >>>> Subject: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family >>>> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:01:40 -0400 >>>> >>>> I am looking for information regarding the migration from >>>> Virginia to >>>> Ohio. >>>> My ancester, Benjamin Stover and his wife Sarah Chilcutt moved >>>> from >>>> Hardy >>>> Co. Virginia, now W. Virginia, to Fairfield, then Licking County >>>> Ohio >>>> around 1810. His son, my direct ancestor, George W. Stover married >>>> Elizabeth Green in Licking County. They were all strong members >>>> of the >>>> United Brethren Church. George being one of the primary founders >>>> in 1856, >>>> of Berlin Chapel later called Peachblow UB Church in the Alumcreek >>>> Circuit, Sandusky Ohio Conference. Later the Scioto and SE Ohio >>>> Conferences. He was Class Leader of that church and had License >>>> to exhort >>>> the Gospel. I have several records and documents from the >>>> church which >>>> is >>>> still open as a United Methodist Church. They recently >>>> celebrated their >>>> 150th Anniversary. >>>> >>>> I am searching for information on both the Church history and >>>> personal >>>> family history in the span between 1750 & 1850. Other names >>>> associated >>>> with the church & family are Houser, Ault, Good, Rhodes, Emswiler. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Gary Collins >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the >>>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Search-Your way, your world, right now! >>> http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en- >>> us&FORM=WLMTAG >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> >> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVHARDY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message