Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/220 Surname: RADER, CUSTER, STEWART, PARSONS, RHOR, WEBB, MORRISON, ROLLINS, PATTERSON, NOYES, DUNN, GOLDEN, PAUGH, BORD, STREET, COTTLE, PAYNE, DAVIS, BROUGHLEY, GRIFFIN, RIDDLE, HUDDLESTON, MCCLUNG, CRAIG, LUDWICK, ATKINSON ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Upper Mill Creek". John H. Rader John H. Rader came to Mill Creek in 1852, and bought fifteen hundred acres of land extending from a few poles north of Little Creek to the waters of Frozen Camp, and crossing both Buffalo and the head of Mill Creek. There was a house at the George Custer place which may have been on this tract – the Jim Stewart, Captain Parsons house, – where his brother William Rader lived for a time. John Rader lived in the Stewart cabin while he was building on the hill. His farm comprised the Rhor, Webb, Morrison, Rollins or Patterson, Noyes, Dunn, Golden, Paugh, and other tracts of land reaching on the Frozen Camp waters. When he first came to Mill Creek, he moved into the old house at the turn above Ben Bords. He went on his land the spring of 1853. Later, John Rader sold his farm to George Street, of Barbour County, and went to Oiltown. Joseph Rader, his son, married a Cottle, and made the first improvement where the widow Dunn now lives. He was killed by the soldiers about November, 1863, and his was the first grave in the new Street graveyard. There are three of his children buried under a large hickory tree in Rollins meadow, and his grave was commenced there, but the rock interfered before the grave was deep enough, and the site was changed to the knob east of there. Harvey Rader made the first opening at the Morrison or Payne farm, except the slashing for the squatter Davis. He sold out to his brother-in-law, John Broughey, and went to Oiltown. Jonathan Griffin, another son-in-law of John Rader, first settled at the Jack Paugh place on Mill Creek, after several years, he sold to his wife's brother, Adam Rader, who married a Riddle. George Rader first cleared the Webb farm. Frank Rader built the hewed log house on the Noyes farm, but never completed nor lived in it. Four hundred acres in the northwestern corner was sold to Wash Huddleston later. John H. Rader was born in Greenbrier County. His wife was a McClung. The father of John Rader was George Rader. There is a difference of opinion as to whether he was a brother or a cousin of Michael Rader who settled on Elk Fork. He and his wife, whose maiden mane was Sarah Craig, were both from the Valley of Virginia. Of their children: Robert lived in Braxton. George moved to Missouri. Adam lived with John, at Camden on the Gauley, before the latter came to Mill Creek. His son, Hayes Rader, was once Sheriff of Nicholas County. William lived awhile in the house on the Custer farm, adjoining his brothers, and it is said, built the house across the road from where Frank Ludwick now resides. He married the widow Huddleston, and was killed on the Great Kanawha River. There was a Rader settlement in Rockingham County, in 1864, and a church called the Rader Church. George Rader moved to Greenbrier from some point in the Valley. He is said to have been wealthy, and lost Ten thousand dollars, as surety for a son-in-law. He bought land at the mouth of Stroud's Creek. The George Rader mentioned above, Anthony Rader, and Abigail Rader, were children of Michael Rader of the Greenbrier Kanawha section, and who was a nephew of the Michael Rader of Elk and a cousin of Old Joesy. George Rader's children were: Sinnett Rader. Dr. Anthony Rader, prominent in state politics. Miriam Rader, married Jim Atkinson, in Kanawha County. Their son was Governor Atkinson.