Alice, Thanks. Found it in the 2004 archives from Bill Elliott. Nope, different Elliott's than mine. Mine were Brethren as well, though. My point of contact is Henry Cress/Rachel Elliott. Ray -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Alice" <[email protected]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:38 AM > Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Daugherty/Elliott etc > > > Yes...I am on my way out the door for a family gathering...perhaps someone > else will answer before I get back...I am researching Rightmire so what I > have on Elliott is not formost in my mind but know their is a story in one > of the Preston County Histories about the Elliott's coming to visit the > Daugherty's and Abraham being interested in Jane...and eventually she left > with him for his home but eventually came back to what became Elliotts > Ridge...I hope someone can look it up for you if not I will when I get > back...Also is a lot of info in a reference book about a road dispute that > went through this parcel of ground after Jane (Elliott) and > Elizabeth(Rightmire) Daugherty were heirs to it....You might check the > archives for this list as many on the list were very helpful and most of > this information should be archived... 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. 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