Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1762 Surname: MULLINEX, PIERCE ------------------------- Here's a little Mullinex info--hope it helps you get started. >From the 1860 Jackson County, WV census: 129-120 Mullinix, Jason B., 27, Farmer, 600-120, Virginia Harriet, 18, Virginia 552-515 Mullinix, Japhet, 30, Farm laborer, -260, Virginia Elizabeth, 22, Ohio J.A. (male), 3, Virginia Mary, 5, Virginia >From Jackson County Marriages 1831-1879 Mullinex, Jason B., 34, b.Hampshire County Pierce, Harriet L., 20, b. Jefferson County, OH Son of Israel & Mary Marriage date 18 Nov 1866 Good luck--I'm not a relative, just happened to have my books out when your message was posted. Amy Hatcher Ryan Ooltewah, TN

--part1_fb.a52afd6.26d6ae05_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/24/2000 12:37:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SPRAD666 writes: << wvjackso@rootsweb.com >> --part1_fb.a52afd6.26d6ae05_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <SPRAD666@aol.com> From: SPRAD666@aol.com Full-name: SPRAD666 Message-ID: <62.69be3a8.26d6a965@aol.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:37:57 EDT Subject: Jackson Co., VA HUFFMANs To: wvjackso@rootsweb.com CC: va-roots@vsla.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 118 Looking for anyone on the list with additional info on early settlers (HUFFMANs) to Jackson Co., VA. Thomas HUFFMAN, and his Wife Margaret LEMMON, moved from Greenbrier to Jackson in 1836 and bought land there (the 500 acre NEAL Plantation near the County line off a branch of the Pocatalico River) in 1842. Thomas died in 1847, intestate, and 400 of the 500 acres were sold to Benjamin BOGGESS in 1853 by his wife, who obtained the land from her Children, John Stuart, Charles McClung, Elizabeth H., Mary Anne, Margaret Jane and Catherine. Charles McClung HUFFMAN moved to Kanawha Co., VA in 1847 where he showed up on the PPT list. He married Amy JOHNSON of Kanawha in 1849. Thank you. Tim Spradling --part1_fb.a52afd6.26d6ae05_boundary--

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1760 Surname: Mullinnex ------------------------- I am just beginning to research my father's family. All he knows is that his father, Jason Benjamin Mullinnex, was born in Cottageville, WV, Jackson County, on November 13, 1888. Jason had 4 brothers, Bill, Jim, John, and Charlie. Charlie was said to have run a "poor house". If anyone has any information on this family, I would greatly appreciate it if you could e-mail it to me at musicmaker@1st.net. Thank you.

Martha Crow married Sylvester Hardman (1836-1905), son of George Hardman and Rachel Goff, 20 Mar 1872 in Jackson County, West Virginia. The names of the other two unknown daughters are Dorinda and Jane. I do not know who married who. FIRST GENERATION 1. George Crow was born on 27 Mar 1804 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was elected as member of the House of Delagates in 1872 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He died on 11 Dec 1899 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He was a Democrat. He was married to Susannah (Susan) Horton (daughter of Moses Horton and Dorinda Barker) in 1828 in Monroe County, Ohio. Susannah (Susan) Horton was born on 28 Aug 1810 in Ireland. She died on 7 Dec 1891 in Cottageville, Jackson, West Virginia. George Crow and Susannah (Susan) Horton had the following children: 2 i. Michael Crow was born in 1829. He died in 1884. 3 ii. Dorinda Crow was born in 1831. 4 iii. William Crow was born in 1836. 5 iv. Jane Crow was born in 1841. +6 v. Martha Crow. 7 vi. George B. Crow was born in 1846. +8 vii. Charles Horton Crow. SECOND GENERATION 6. Martha Crow was born in 1844. She was married to Sylvester Hardman (son of George Washington Hardman and Rachel Goff) on 20 Mar 1872 in Jackson County, West Virginia. Sylvester Hardman was born on 22 Aug 1836 in Gilmer County, West Virginia. He died on 12 Dec 1905. 8. Charles Horton Crow was born on 6 Mar 1851 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He died on 1 Jul 1931 in Meigs County, Ohio. He was married to Mary Virginia Hayman (daughter of Spencer Harrison Hayman Jr. and Agnes M. Williamson) on 3 Oct 1872 in Jackson County, West Virginia. Mary Virginia Hayman was born on 11 Feb 1854 in Apple Grove, Meigs, Ohio. She died on 21 Jan 1894 in Great Bend, Meigs, Ohio. Charles Horton Crow and Mary Virginia Hayman had the following children: +9 i. George Harrison Crow. +10 ii. Charles Bertram Crow. +11 iii. Frederick Wilkinson Crow. +12 iv. William Owen Crow. +13 v. Harris Hayman Crow. +14 vi. Thomas Horton Crow. +15 vii. Agnes Susan Crow. Charles Horton Crow and Margaret Hayman had the following children: +16 i. Wick O. Crow. THIRD GENERATION 9. George Harrison Crow was born in May 1874 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He died in 1931. Jessie Middleswart was born in 1874. She died in 1957. George Harrison Crow and Jessie Middleswart had the following children: +17 i. Mary Virginia Crow. 18 ii. George Henry Crow. +19 iii. Margaret Louise Crow. 10. Charles Bertram Crow was born in Jul 1876 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He died in 1954. Mary Brown (daughter of Unknown Brown and Unknown Douglas) was born in 1878 in West Virginia. She died in 1942. Charles Bertram Crow and Mary Brown had the following children: +20 i. Dr. Charles Brown Crow. 11. Frederick Wilkinson Crow was born in Jan 1879 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He died in 1957. Maud Spencer Owen was born in 1878. She died in 1971. Frederick Wilkinson Crow and Maud Spencer Owen had the following children: 21 i. Frederick Wilkinson Crow II was born in 1915 in Meigs County, Ohio. He died in 1995. 12. William Owen Crow was born on 6 Jun 1882 in Meigs County, Ohio. He died in 1962. Gladys Alexander was born in 1887. She died in 1912. William Owen Crow and Gladys Alexander had the following children: 22 i. Grace Crow was born in 1912. +23 ii. Gladys Crow. 13. Harris Hayman Crow was born in Feb 1885 in Meigs County, Ohio. He died in 1941. Harris Hayman Crow and Maud Allen had the following children: +24 i. Constance Crow. +25 ii. Alfred Edward Horton Crow. 14. Thomas Horton Crow was born on 3 Apr 1888 in Meigs County, Ohio. He died on 31 Jan 1975. Josephine Webster was born in 1887. 15. Agnes Susan Crow was born on 24 Mar 1891 in Meigs County, Ohio. She died on 13 Dec 1940 in Wood River, Madison, Illinois. She was buried on 16 Dec 1940 in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois (Mount Hope Cemetery). She was married to Clyde S. McKinley (son of Oliver Lesly McKinley and Olive E. Hamilton) on 16 Nov 1911 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri. Clyde S. McKinley was born on 8 Aug 1889 in Harrisonville, Meigs, Ohio. He died on 8 Apr 1943 in Caseyville, St. Clair, Illinois. He was buried after 8 Apr 1943 in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois (Mount Hope Cemetery). Agnes Susan Crow and Clyde S. McKinley had the following children: 26 i. Kathryn Lynette McKinley. 27 ii. Floranell Esther McKinley. 28 iii. Mary Virginia McKinley. 16. Wick O. Crow was born in 1907. He died in 1973. -- Michael E. Anthony daath@ne.infi.net AOL AIM: daath 11 http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/n/t/Michael-E-Anthony/index.html

According to Jackson County library information available online, both the 1850 & 1870 Jackson County Censuses were transcribed by Delmer Hite & published by the Jackson County Historical Society in 1980 & 1977 respectively. Are there any copies still available for purchase -- either from the primary or secondary markets? The library, at the present, is only selling 1860 Census books. As always, thank you in advance for any information. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

Listers: Does anyone have access to this Hardesty's Atlas? Bishop mentions it, but I have never seen it. Incidentally, when I asked about why the House manuscript on the History of Roane Co. and the Pioneers of the Reedy District had not been published, I got the answer that his family hired a typist after he died to type up his handwritten notes. There are some typos in it that have driven me crazy. I have a feeling House didn't make mistakes. He has a reputation as a careful researcher. But someone reading his notes might mess it up. And the original handwritten notes: where are they? House is the only one who lists my 3rd great grandfather David Seaman's son Thomas. Thomas went to Fayette County, PA and had 4 children up there beginning 1829 before moving back to (W) Va and Jackson County. House interviewed grandsons who showed him the Seaman family Bible (which has since disappeared). A Mystery: My great grandmother Mary Jane Seaman was not mentioned in House, and She was born in Jackson Co. in 1839 per her obit. A Lesson: After typing my notes on the computer, I don't throw away my originals. And I use the copy machine at the library if I don't take notes. It has saved a lot of grief. (Of course I sometimes feel responsible for the demise of a forest of trees! 8-) Marilyn Steber in San Diego, Ca. ------- Pvt. William B. Potter, Civil War Union veteran, was memorialized on May 18, 2000 at Warm Springs, Montana. His headstone was dedicated with the assistance of the Montana Veterans Council's color guard and firing squad. ____ Currently researching these families: Oppenborn of MI; McCoy of Greene Co. PA; Powhatan Carter of WV and Indiana, and Seaman of KY, WV & NJ.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/149 Surname: STONE, HARPOLD, SAYRE, SHINN, MILLER ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek" Stone Family Connected with the history of Ripley is that of the Stone family. This family came to Jackson County from Mason County. There were four in the family, three brothers and a sister. John Stone, lived at Stevens, Mason County, was the father of Attorney E. L. Stone. He raised eighteen children and was married three times. He was born about 1832 or 1833, and died March 4th, 1907. Fred Stone was born in 1825 or 1826, and married Lizzie Harpold daughter of Solomon and Matilda Shinn Harpold. Elias Stone, the youngest brother, lives below Ripley, on Mill Creek. Elizabeth Stone, married Enoch Sayre, and later George Shinn, father of Owens and brothers. She was born April 16th, 1822, and died February 24th, 1907. J.W. Sayre and Samantha, wife of Harpold, were her children. James Stone, married Analiza, daughter of Sam Shinn, of Grass Lick or Parchment. Minerva Stone married David Sayre. A cousin, Elias Stone, married Rolly Ann Shinn. George Stone and wife, Lucinda Miller, and his daughters, Minerva, Sally and Elizabeth, left Green County, Pennsylvania in October 1823, and floated down to the mouth of Mill Creek, locating on the Elias Stone farm two miles below Ripley. They brought two horses, two cows and household goods with them in the boats. George Stone was a member of the County Court in 1831.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/148 Surname: MCKOWN, STONE, LOVE, ONG, GRIFFIN, HOGG, SMITH, ROLLINS ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek" McKown Family John McKown was born in 1788. He came with his father's family from Greene County, Pennsylvania, about 1810 or 1812. John McKown was of Irish descent, his father was James McKown, and is said to have seen service in the Revolutionary War with General Washington. John was the youngest son. He had a brother, Gilbert, who also came to Jackson County, later. John married Sarah Stone, who was born in 1788. He owned a fine farm three miles below Ripley, and had a grist mill, saw mill and carding machine. He was also prominent in the organization of Jackson County, in 1831, and was one of the first magistrates of the county. He died in 1883, and Sarah (Stone) McKown died in 1882. Of their children: Elias McKown never married. Lydia McKown married first a Love, and second Nathan Ong. Margaret McKown married first Robert Griffin, and second John Hogg. James McKown was born on the farm at the mouth of parchment, in 1828, and died in February, 1905, at he age of seventy seven years. While engaged in merchandising in Ripley with Nehemiah Smith, he married his partner's daughter, Samantha Smith. They lived at what was later the site of the Valley Bank, and had a large family of ten children. Gilbert McKown, their son, was the father of Isaac and Ephraim McKown, of Roane County. Gilbert McKown, son of John McKown, lived about the time of the Civil War, in Spencer. He had a son Norman McKown. A Sam McKown married a Rollins, and died before the war.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/147 Surname: LOWTHER, HARPOLD, SMITH, STARCHER ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek" Lowther Family Robert Lowther ,probably connected with Col. William Lowther, came from Harrison County to Ripley about 1831. He was one of the first members of the Ripley bar, and for several years, postmaster of the place. He was born March 24th, 1795, and died April 22nd, 1856. His wife, Mary Lowther, was three years his senior, and died five years earlier, or in 1851. They both sleep in the old cemetery at Ripley. By them lies a son, E.D. ("Dunck") Lowther, born in 1830, died in 1897. Over his grave waves a faded American flag, showing that in "the times that tried men's souls", his rang true. Honor to all the graves, the flag waves over, be they never so lowly and peace to the ashes that sleep beneath. Andrew Lowther was another son. Mary Lowther, a daughter, died in Baltimore. Major Henry Harpold's wife was also a daughter, and the last of the family to cross the bar was Mrs. Minerva Smith, widow of the late Judge Joe Smith. She died a few years ago. Robert Lowther, as surveyor, first laid off the town of Ripley in 1832, and for a quarter of a century, he was a distinguished and progressive citizen. The Court House Square was given by Jacob Starcher, who laid out the town.

Anyone have CLAY in their lineage? Please e-mail me directly. JNTHREATHO@aol.com

Am looking for a copy of a newspaper obit for ELIAS SANDUSKY CASTO. He died Dec 11, 1948. First wife was Hester Pringle, #2 wife was Alice Ross. He was my great-great grandfather--I have a copy of his death certificate. Thanks for any help I can get. Briana (Marion) Caccamo Munroe Falls, OH

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/146 Surname: DOUGLAS, RAND, PICKENS, STONE, MOREHEAD, SEAMON, AULTZ, MCKAY, HAYMAN, BROWN, KNEEREAM, PARR ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek" Douglas Family John Douglas married Elizabeth Richards. They settled at the mouth of Mill Creek, at a very early date. They came there from Harrison County. He at first followed keelboating, making trips to Charleston, also to Pittsburgh. Later he bought a farm of five hundred acres, lying on the river, where he lived until his death. They raised ten children, some of whom are: Reuben Douglas Alfred Douglas Miranda Douglas Hiram Douglas Nancy Douglas, married John Rand, of Wyoming. Elizabeth Douglas, married Bartlett Pickens, of Crooked Fork. Reuben Douglas was born in September, 1818, spent most of his life as a farmer and a stockraiser, though in his days of vigor and strength, he followed boating to some extent. He was married to Sarah Stone in 1842. His wife was a daughter of George Stone, of Jackson County. They lived on a farm on Mill Creek. The wife died in 1864. Later he married a Widow Blake Mary Morehead - of Wood County. In 1887, he moved on to a farm near Ravenswood. His children were: George T. Douglas Oscar Douglas Hiram R. Douglas Elizabeth Douglas, married William Seamon. Minerva J. Douglas, married A. O. Aultz Ellen Douglas, married Spencer McKay. Elizabeth Douglas, married Stephen Hayman. Lucinda Douglas, married C. B. Brown (Cyrus) Sallie Douglas, married C. T. Kneeream (firm of Kneeream and Douglas) Reuben Douglas has been a Justice of the Peace, and a prominent figure in the Ravenswood Bank. Hiram Douglas was born in 1836. He was in the mercantile business at Ripley Landing prior to 1863, and again from 1865 to 1870. After sixteen years of farm life, he again resumed the store, also bought timber, etc. He married Marietta, daughter of Hamilton Parr, of Meigs County, Ohio, in 1864, and raised six children. He was long the postmaster at Ripley Landing.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/145 Surname: CROW, HARDMAN, MCCOY, ROSSEBERRY ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek" Crow Family The Hon. George Crow located near Angerona in 1847. He was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, March 27th, 1804, but removed with his father's family to the "Dark Hills of Monroe" County, Ohio, while a boy, and continued a resident of that county until his removal to Mill Creek. He was a Democrat in politics, and represented Jackson County in the General Assembly at Richmond one term, and was again elected in 1872 to the House of Delegates, being debarred by service in the Confederate Army, from voting or holding office, until the passage of the Flick Amendment. He died December 11th, 1899, nearly 96 years old. His children were: Hon. George B. Crow, who has served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, County Superintendent of Schools, and State Senator, and three terms as Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County. William Crow. Charles Crow. Michael Crow. Martha Crow, married a Hardman. A daughter, married William McCoy. A daughter, married Owen Roseberry. Peter Crow, a brother to Georg B. Crow, had a mill on Dent Creek, Noble Cunty, Ohio.

John, thank you for your response. I am sure the Dewees researchers appreciate it, I certainly do even though I am not a Dewees researcher. The whole idea of this list and the Jackson County Rootsweb site is to share information. The postings are clearly noted as being from "Pioneers of Jackson County" by John House. Mr House wrote what he learned from the people who were living in his day, as well as what he learned from his own research. Memory is a funny thing, as we all learn when we try to pull something out of our own families. These bios are not meant to be primary source data, but rather to point researchers in a direction, although there is a lot of truth in them, at least most of them. :) Many of them simply give a glimpse of Jackson County as it was. This one was very successful since it got this very helpful response from you. I am getting all kinds of responses from these postings. Let me make it very clear that I am simply typing and posting bios from the book, hoping that some will be of value to someone. Not all of them are my ancestors, and not all of them show up in my database - even as Casto connections. I try to answer your questions but if you post your remarks to the query board, instead of directly to me, you may find someone else - like John - who knows a lot more. Thanks again, John. Betty "John C. Dawson" wrote: > Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/142 > > Surname: DEWEES > ------------------------- > > As a member of the Dewees National Research Team for the Dewees Family > Archives, I must refute the prior posting by Betty Briggs. The Dewees' > are NOT from France and they were never, and I mean NEVER a part of Lafayette's > French Army. This came from a book written by Daniel S. Dewees, "Recollections > of a Lifetime" which is written as an autobiography and early WV history. > This fact has been proven a long time ago. > The Dewees history in West Virginia, especially in Jackson County, comes > from brothers Joshua, Samuel, and William Dewees, as well as the brother > Isaac Updegrove Dewees from Gilmer/Calhoun County (the father of Daniel > S.). These were all sons of John Dewees and Mary Updegrove who moved to > Fayette County, PA in the latter part of the 1780's from Misspillion Hundred, > Kent County Delaware. The father John Dewees and his brothers did fight > in the Revolution, but as colonials in the Delaware Line. John Dewees is > a direct descendant of Adriaenz Hendricks de Wees (b. 1595) of Amsterdam, > the Netherlands. His grandson Gerret Hendricks Dewees emigrated to the > United States, ca. 1680, and settled in New Amsterdam (New York) and then > to Germantown, PA. > > This myth of French descent has often misled researchers and in fact all > of the above facts are not only documented but stored in the Dewees National > Archives in Philadelphia, PA. I have worked with the Dewees family in Jackson > County for many years, submitted data that was proven. > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== > I am looking for old photographs of Jackson County residents and buildings that can be added to the Jackson County WVGenWeb pages. > If you have any to share, send them to Lshockey@citynet.net

Doolittle family information wanted. Also... Elvira Cox, born in about 1852. A real brick wall. need parents, siblings, etc. She married a George Doolittle 20 April 1869 Thanks.... Dutch

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/144 Surname: HARTLEY, TOMLINSON ------------------------- Hartley "Uncle" Thomas T Hartley described as "one of the honest, sturdy and prosperous yeomanry of Cow Run, " who lived near Huntsville, died in 1905, aged 89, the eleventh of the preceding October. He was born in England, October 11th, 1815, came to Harrison County, Ohio, with his parents in 1819, when about four years old. He married Lydia Tomlinson, and lived in Ohio until 1854, (April), when he moved to Jackson County, Virginia, settling on Cow Run, when he died December 12th, 1904. He was postmaster at Huntsville from 1872 until 1893, a period of twenty one years. His wife died September 13th, 1889, at age of 72. They had eight children. This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek" (The conflicting dates are not a typo. bb)

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/143 Surname: MILLER, SHINN, RADER, SMITH, SAYRE, PARSONS ------------------------- Miller Family Monroe Miller's grandfather, Kitts Miller, came to America from Germany after he was grown. He served in the Colonial Army, in the War for Independence. He married and located in Meigs County, Ohio. He remained there a few years, then crossed the river and bought land below the mouth of Mill Creek. He raised a large family of children, of whose names I find: "Becky" Miller, married Charlie Shinn, who was an uncle of George Shinn, who lived on Grass Lick. Charles Shinn lived on Cow Run. Nancy Miller, married Washington Rader, who was a son of Michael Rader, Jr. Wash Rader sold goods for Nehemiah Smith in the first store in Reedy, in 1841. Lewis Miller, married Lydia Sayre, whose parents lived in Meigs County, Ohio. He later married Elizabeth (Betsy) Shinn, whose parents were native of Meigs County, Ohio, but who had settled on Mill Creek. Lewis Miller was for several years a member of the County court of Jackson County. His children, by his first wife: Rosalie, Perry, Hampton, and Monroe. By his second wife: Warren, Leander, Columbus, and Sarah E. Monroe Miller, the oldest son of Lewis Miller, was in 1905, a widower of seventy, and talked of "going west to grow up with the country." He laughingly told me there was no chance for him to get married here, as he was related to nearly all the women and girls on both sides of the river for many miles, they being of Sayre descent. Warren Miller was for a time in Athens University. He studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1871. He was Mayor of Ripley in 1884, was Prosecuting Attorney from 1880 until 1884. He also served in the House of Delegates, State Senate and Congress. The first settler at Buffalo was Joe Miller, who married Caroline Parsons. Afterward, he lived on the Davis farm, on the Right Fork of Reedy, above Greenbrier, being the first settler there. This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/142 Surname: DEWEES ------------------------- As a member of the Dewees National Research Team for the Dewees Family Archives, I must refute the prior posting by Betty Briggs. The Dewees' are NOT from France and they were never, and I mean NEVER a part of Lafayette's French Army. This came from a book written by Daniel S. Dewees, "Recollections of a Lifetime" which is written as an autobiography and early WV history. This fact has been proven a long time ago. The Dewees history in West Virginia, especially in Jackson County, comes from brothers Joshua, Samuel, and William Dewees, as well as the brother Isaac Updegrove Dewees from Gilmer/Calhoun County (the father of Daniel S.). These were all sons of John Dewees and Mary Updegrove who moved to Fayette County, PA in the latter part of the 1780's from Misspillion Hundred, Kent County Delaware. The father John Dewees and his brothers did fight in the Revolution, but as colonials in the Delaware Line. John Dewees is a direct descendant of Adriaenz Hendricks de Wees (b. 1595) of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His grandson Gerret Hendricks Dewees emigrated to the United States, ca. 1680, and settled in New Amsterdam (New York) and then to Germantown, PA. This myth of French descent has often misled researchers and in fact all of the above facts are not only documented but stored in the Dewees National Archives in Philadelphia, PA. I have worked with the Dewees family in Jackson County for many years, submitted data that was proven.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/141 Surname: HALL, FLOWERS, KING, SAYRE, WRIGHT, WOODRUFF, WETZEL ------------------------- Hall Family Joseph Hall came to Warth's Bottom about 1800. He was an Englishman by birth, and moved from near Baltimore, Maryland, to Mill Creek. He had a large family, some of his children being: Mary Hall, married Thomas Flowers, and lived on Cow Run. Diana Hall, married Cornelius King. Sarah Hall, married Daniel Sayre. Robert Hall, lived in Ohio. Philip Hall, was a Methodist preacher, in Ohio. Joseph Hall, married Mary King. They lived on Little Mill Creek. He is supposed to have built the Wright mill, which is likely, as he was an artisan, though some accounts claim a David Woodruff built the mill. Anna, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Hall, married Robert Wetzel. This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/140 Surname: HYDE, CARDER, SIMS, FLESHER, HALL, CARNEY, DIXON, SNEED ------------------------- Hyde Family Isaac Hyde, with his brothers, James and George, migrated to Virginia when he was about grown. They probably came with their father. They came from England, and were six months in passage. They first came to this section and settled at the mouth of Mill Creek. Isaac later lived about where Murrayville now is. Mrs. Carder, a granddaughter, tells me she has heard her grandfather often speak of "Devil's Hole", and thinks it may have been a place in Hardy County. Isaac Hyde married Nancy Sims, a cousin of Martin Sims. Their children were: John Hyde, married Nancy Flesher, daughter of Andrew Flesher, who lived on the Ohio River. Delila Hyde, married Ike Hall, and lived at the mouth of Mill Creek. Sally Hyde, married Spencer Carney, having met him at the home of Tom Carney. Elizabeth Hyde, married a Dixon and went to Indiana. Catherine Hyde, married a Sneed. Ben Hyde, died while a "chunk of a boy" as Mrs. Carder expressed it. This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"