Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1750 Surname: WILLIAM ROBERT DEWEES, ROLLA ELDO DEWEES, ROBERT HINTON DEWEES ------------------------- I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON DEWEES FAMILY FROM WEST VIRGINIA SPECIFICALLY FROM JACKSON COUNTY. MY FATHER WAS CHARLES RAY DEWEES, SR. BORN ON 11-17-21. MY GRANDFATHER WAS ROLLA ELDO DEWEES.
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1749 Surname: ------------------------- Last time I talked to betty (about 5months ago) she said she wasn't doing as much genealogy as she used to. Said she just didn't have enough free time. email her I am sure she is still online. I have her home address if you want it.
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1748 Surname: Surface ------------------------- We hava a small one family cemetery on our farm here in Jackson co., I have never seen it myself, but my brothers and fathers have told me about it. My dad said that it only has three or four graves seems to be entire family. I dont know if there are tombstones or just field rocks. But my dad could tell you more if interested. if anyone is interested email me, i can ask him any questions you may have. We are located up Advent, Middle Fork, Jackson co.
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1747 Surname: Cooper, Robinson ------------------------- You can buy the CD's on line here: http://www.familytreemaker.com/allnums.html Link: Family Tree CDs URL: <http://www.familytreemaker.com/allnums.html>
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1746 Surname: ------------------------- Try the Family Tree Maker by Broderbund. I have all the Indexes and the 1850 Census on CD, plus all the marriage records. John
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1745 Surname: Slaughter ------------------------- Can anybody guide me to where I can buy census and birth and marriage records for WV on CDs? I want the most informative ones I can get!
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1743 Surname: Green ------------------------- The following discription of an execution, published in 1883, is indicated as the first hanging in Jackson County, WV (see note on source at end). EXECUTION OF CHARLES GREEN The only public execution that has ever taken place in Jackson county was that of Charles Green, who expiated his crime on the scaffold Friday, May 10, 1850, for the murder of Timothy Fox, in Parkes Lane, about one mile above the town of Ravenswood, on the Ohio river. It was one of the most unprovoked murders an account of which is recorded in the criminal annals of Virginia. He was arrested a few days later, and placed in the county jail to await trial. An indictment for murder was returned against him on the 26th of March, 1850. On the same day he was arraigned before the bar to answer to the charge. His counsel demurred to the indictment, but the demurrer was overruled, and a jury composed of the following named gentlemen was at once empaneled: Leonard R. King, Thomas Paxton, Henry Lane, John Lee, Abraham Pfost, Jacob B. Hyre, William Harpold, John H. Chase, George W. Fields, Elisha Stewart The jury was placed in charge of Nehemiah Smith, high sheriff, and Mathias B. Armstrong, his deputy, and the prisoner was remanded to jail until the next day. At 9 A. M. the next day the jury and prisoner were brought into court, and Charles Green was placed on trial for his life. Throughout the day the trial continued evening came, the prisoner was removed to be returned on the third day, when it was continued. Late in the evening the argument for both State and prisoner closed, and the jury retired. In a short time it returned and rendered a verdict of Murder in the direst degree in manner and form as in the indictment against him alleges. He was returned to jail to await sentence. On the 1st day of April he was again brought into court, and when asked if he had anything to say why judgement should not be pronounced against him, he replied, Nothing but what I have already said. Judge David McComas then sentenced him to be taken by the sheriff of Jackson county, from the jail on the 10th day of May ensuing, to a scaffold to be erected in or near the town of Ripley and there hanged until dead. During the period of his incarceration pending his execution he wrote a full confession of his crime, which when published, covered nearly forty pages of a large pamphlet. At length the fatal day arrived; the scaffold had been erected in a ravine (ever since known as Greens Hollow) about one half mile northeast of the court-house. It was a beautiful May morning and ere the sun had risen above the eastern hills, hundreds had arrived upon the scene, and by the hour of 11 oclock fully 3,000 persons from this and adjoining counties were swarming upon the streets of Ripley. One hundred State militia formed a hollow square about the jail. At 1 P.M. a wagon containing a coffin was driven within the square, and the doomed man walked forth, and mounted upon his own casket, was driven to the fatal spot. Arrived there, he dismounted, and, with his spiritual adviser, ascended the scaffold, where he delivered a short address to the multitude. The black cap was then drawn, the rope adjusted, the signal was given, and Charles Green swung into eternity. Twenty minutes later Drs W. B. McMahon, F. A. Holt and N. Ragnaud pronounced life extinct. The body was then cut down and interred about thirty yards from the scaffold. Thus terminated the first and last execution in Jackson county. SOURCE OF THE ABOVE QUOTATION: The above information was extracted from the Jackson County supplement to Hardestys Atlas published in 1883. In the areas of the United States where this Atlas was sold those individuals purchasing a copy were entitled to have their biographies published in a supplement which varied by location. In addition articles on the history of the region, commerce, newspapers, and notable events were given. The information was organized by county and each Atlas supplement might include sections on two or three counties. All those known to have been issued for West Virginia counties have been extracted and reprinted, notably by Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV). The material on the Charles Green hanging quoted above is found on pages 11 and 12 of Comstock's Volume 4, on Jackson, Kanawha, and Barbour counties. >From the supplement for Jackson county we discover that the first paper for Jackson county was not published until 1853, over three years later (pages 12 and 14); therefore, further information on this event must be looked for elsewhere. It would be interesting to know whether the pamphlet of the confession mentioned above has survived. As a place name Greens Hollow seems to have faded from the collective memory, but one-half mile northeast of the Courthouse would be in the general vicinity of the of the Early Settlers Cemetery and that little valley which parallels the current road up to Pine Hill Cemetery (whose sides would make a suitable amphitheater for the attendees). And there was certainly a grave of an unknown individual discovered in that cemetery (news article in the Jackson Herald the first or second year after the Historical Society was organizaed.).
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1740 Surname: Boggess, Bumgardner, Thomas ------------------------- I've taken pictures of the graves in the "Hut" Boggess Cemetery at Goldtown of Benjamin (b. Dec 13, 1815 d. Mar 11, 1894) and Mary Spencer (b. Dec 9, 1816 d. Apr 30, 1897. In the Bumgardner Cemetery on Middle Fork Road: Jane Bumgardner (b. 1849 d. 1921) Andrew Bumgardner (b.1838 d.1921) Rebecca I Anderson (b. Dec 20, 1868 d.-date given, obit gives age of death 82) James W Thomas (b. June 7, 1866, d. July 29, 1903) Anyone wanting to view these photos, please email.
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1739 Surname: KOONTZ ------------------------- Wanted to send in new e-mail address
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1738 Surname: ------------------------- Jackson County, WV e-mail address as of August, 1999. Understand daughter gravely ill. No recent info. BettiKesMc@aol.com
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1737 Surname: Welch ------------------------- Occurrance of Welch name in Jackson Co, WV. On the Bios (Biography) portion of this site, the following entry in the Bio of Isaac Bibbee occurs. I tried the search function with this site & it didn't find this: Bibbee's Mother-in-law was named Welch & her daughter (Bibbee's wife) was born in Irland. Unclear from this entry as to whether the mother-in-law emigrated. This is a biography in the Hardesty Atlas supplement for Jackson County (published in 1883): Isaac BIBBEE - deceased- was born in Union district, Jackson county, October 25, 1811, and here died after an honorable and busy life as a farmer. William and Deborah (Hughes) Bibbee, long since deceased, were his parents, and his wife was Jeanette, daughter of Brice and Jeanette (Welch) Mars, who are now deceased. She was born in Scotland, December 8, 1819, and died upon the homestead farm in Union district, May 29, 1868. .... A dip into the census records shows two households of Welch people on Elk Fork (a tributary of Mill Creek which drains into the Ohio River)in 1860: (1) Alexander P. Welch, Age 30, and wife, Mary C. Thomas, age 22. (2) John Welch, age 64, and wife, Elizabeth (age 59). Children: Mary (age 18), Eugenia (age 16), and Minerva (age 13). All are indicated as born in Virginia (which could mean WV) except Mary C. Thomas who is listed for Rockbridge Co. VA. So there were Welch people here. I don't think I am related to this family. I index obituaries for the Jackson Co. library. You probably need to visit the library in Ripley which has an important collection of transcriptions of Public documents of this and surrounding counties. You could write to the library also.
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1735 Surname: Winters ------------------------- Did any of these couples have a daughter or granddaughter named Maggie or Margaret?
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1734 Surname: Slaughter ------------------------- Need some help on Jackson County birth records.If anyone has records book showing births from 1880 to 1886 could you please see if you can find these too gentleman and parents names.Henry W Slaughter and Walter L Slaughter.Thank you for your time in reading this post> email>clady@kmbs.com
My GGrandparents were Joseph Rhodes, son of Joseph and Sarah (Starcher) Rhodes of Roane Co. and Elizabeth Cobb, d/o James Hirem and Miriam (Board) Cobb. Is anyone researching this family? I would like to exchange any info. Sandy McSpadden.
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1733 Surname: UNRUE ------------------------- I have the following: Parents of Goldie Unrue: Julius and Mollie Casto Unrue siblings of Goldie Unrue Mayme, Blanche, Ruth, Nellie, Mable, Harry, Everett, Cecil, Edna. Goldie Unrue b. 4/7/1898 d. 5/1942 married Thomas E. Stewart b. 7/30/1882- d. 4/15/1966 son of Robert Riley and Louisa Jane Parsons Stewart Children of Goldie and Thomas: Catherine, Howard, John, Roy, Herbert, Billy, Patsy, and Goldie. As things would have it, I had these folks in my data base. Link: Okey's West Virginia Homepage URL: <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8003/>
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1731 Surname: unrue ------------------------- i'm trying to find out more info about my grandmother goldie unrue she was married to thomas e stewart . are there any of goldie's family out there .
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Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1730 Surname: Merical, Wood ------------------------- Thank you for sending the information on Merical Hollow and Merical Run. I'm going to plan on another trip there in the near future. Thanks again Sally
Were your ancestors married in Mason County, WV? Three years ago, Clearfield Co., division of Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, published my compilation of the 11,000+ earliest marriages in Mason Co., from 1806-1915. It has been out of print for more than a year. I have arranged a special reprint with the publisher, to make the book available to those who want a copy, or want to place a copy in their local library's, or genealogical society's, collection. But there is an order deadline, which has been extended to Labor Day, and a printing minimum of 30. My apologies to all listmembers and list owners; I realize I am violating Rootsweb's rules, in even mentioning this; but, to make the information available before the deadline, I know of no other way to "get the word out." If we don't get orders for 30 books, then no one gets any books. I will make no profit on this, as I will assume the postage expense, and will autograph each book ordered. Please email me privately for price, etc. Thank you for your patience. Julie Hesson Aberdeen, OH
Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1729 Surname: BATTIN, DEWEES ------------------------- Two Battins I can give you are sisters married to Dewees brothers. The eldest Edith Battin (b. 1787), the daughter of Samuel Battin, married Samuel Dewees son of John Dewees, the revolutionary, and Mary Updegrove. This marriage took place in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1809. They settled in Jackson County, West Virginia raising a large family. Edith Battin had a sister, Rachel Battin (b. June 2, 1891), who married Samuel Dewees' brother William Dewees on January 9, 1812, and also settled in Jackson County. The Dewees lineage goes back to the Netherlands via, Delaware, Germantown (PA), and New York. The Battins came from Chester County, PA. The Dewees' are my major area of research but want to share this Battin info with you.