Alice, Very interesting. Does anyone have any information on where Abraham Elliott was born? I have an Elliott family in PA I'm researching and the dates are a possible for me. Ray -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Alice" <[email protected]> > > > > This information originally came from Jane McMann Walsh > > On. p. 77 in that book I cited in my prior email, i.e., Earl Core's second > volume in his series on Monongalia County, there is mention of the Leading > Creek Settlement where in 1781 Indians killed Alexander RONEY, Mrs. > DOUGHERTY, Mrs. HORNBECK and her children, and Mrs. BUFFINGTON and her > children, taking prisoner Mrs. RONEY and her son and Daniel DOUGHERTY. I > am not familiar with the location of the Leading Creek Settlement. Was > this later in Preston Co. or nearby? I'm wondering if this Daniel was the > husband or son of this "Mrs. Dougherty." Does anyone on this list know? > > I have noted in Morton's "A History of Preston County, West Virginia, > Volume I" that the area called Dority was where the DOUGHERTYs eventually > lived. On p. 341, Morton writes: > > "John DOUGHERTY, whose daughter wedded the pioneer ELLIOTT, was on the > Cheat in 1774, and two years later was living on ELliott Ridge which > overlooks Albright. Until recently the surname lingered in Preston. It > gave designation to Dority Run and Dority postoffice." > > Unfortunately, Morton omits any genealogical data for the DOUGHERTY or the > RIGHTMIRE families in that Chapter (VII) of his book! > > Under ELLIOTT, Morton does write that Abraham b. 1773 d. 1845 m. first Jane > DOUGHERTY. Apparently Jane had ten children before she died but no dates > are noted. She may have died circa 1814. Her children are listed as: > William m. Susan JEFFERS > Mary E. m. Jacob CRANE > Elizabeth m. Samuel JEFFERS > Rebecca single > John b. 1801 m. Elizabeth MEREDITH > Jane b. 1806 d. 1886 m. Calvin CRANE > Sarah m. (1) John S. Graham, (2) Jacob CRANE > Drusilla m. Robert FORMAN > Susan m. Abraham JEFFERS > Rachel m. Henry CRESS > > In Morton's Appendix E, he lists original land patents covering Preston > County and on this list is John DOUGHERTY with 205 acres on the Cheat > adjoining claim of William BIGGS (settlement, 1776) and 400 acres on Cheat > and Dunkard Bottom (settlement 1774). > > In Samuel Wiley's "History of Preston County," on p. 406 in the section on > the Portland District, there somewhat contradictory information as he > writes the following: > > "William DOUGHERTY, father of Jarvis, lived near what is now St. Joe, and > owned a large amount of land. In 1794, William [sic] Elliott married Jane > DOUGHERTY, William's daughter. Abraham ELLIOT got land of Wm. Dougherty, > his father-in-law, and settled where Elliott Crane now lives. Abraham had > 11 children. [The eleventh was Margery, dau. of his second wife, the > former Mrs. Rebecca Dewitt.]" > > So, was the original DOUGHERTY in Preston a John who had a son named > William which confused Samuel Wiley? > > And, was Daniel, taken prisoner by the Indians in 1781, another son of John? > > Were Elizabeth and Susan daughters of John DOUGHERTY and his second wife? > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet > http://www.snopes.com/ > <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >