There is a discussion on the Logan Co. list regarding the first white settlers in Boone Co. and the first settlement in Boone Co. Some say the Kinders, Workmans, and Barkers were the first settlers. Others say the Toney (Tawney) clan. and, the Smoots and Prices are mentioned. Does anyone know who the first settlers were and the first settlement? One very knowledgable list member believes Whitesville was the first settlement. I am a Kinder descendent through my great grandmother Mahala Kinder Stewart. Mahala was a daughter of John Kinder and Mary Holstein. The above John Kinder was the son of John Kinder and Mary Ward who married in 1809. I have read that the marriage was a double ceremony with John's twin sister Barbara Kinder marrying John Preston. This marriage was in then Kanawha Co. John was the son of a Col. Preston and Mary was the daughter of James Ward, a scout for Col. Preston so it is said. I have read accounts of a John Kinder who married Margaret Compton being the father of John Kinder who married Mary Ward. According to the story, Margaret Compton's mother was a captive of the Miami Indians and that her father was a Miami brave. True or false? As the story goes John and Margaret (Compton) Kinder lived in a fort at the mouth of the Big Coal River where it empties into the Kanawha River. This is present St. Albans. According to the story, around 1789 or 1790, John Kinder was killed in an Indian raid on the fort - Fort Tackett? Margaret Compton Kinder and her twins John Kinder II and Barbara Kinder were spared due to being part Indian. Margaret and the twins walked to another fort near present day Marmet. There Margaret met and married Daniel Javins Sr. Thus, Margaret is the matriarch of the Kinder and Javins clans. I am a Javins descendent as well through another marriage later on. SW VA had many Kinders and Comptons. It seems logical that our Kinders and Comptons came from that area around Monroe, Giles Cos. But, does logic count in genealogy? This is a link of the men who fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/pntplsnt.htm> On this list you will find Kinders. Also, I believe this list of soldiers in the Battle of Point Pleasant contains names of many of our first settlers in now WVa. It is divided into companies, etc. and has many names. Can anyone help me on the Kinder-Compton marriage? Also, the first white settlers in Boone and the first settlement in Boone? My thanks. Rick Stewart Researching: Stewart Kinder Holstein Ward Javins Compton Belcher Jarrell Brown Coon and more in Boone Co.