1774 PAYROLL LIST, LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Patt Seitas (patt.seitas@excite.com.) 1774 payroll list of Captain William Lowther, Harrison county, (West) Virginia, Lord Dunmore’s War The following is the payroll list of Capt. William Lowther for the 1774 Lord Dunmore’s War which culminated in the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. This unit appears to be composed of men drawn from the area that would later become Harrison county. The individuals are listed in the order in which they appear on the payroll list. Following the names is the number of days of service with which they were credited. For those individuals for whom I could find information, I have included within brackets information relating to their settlement or presence within Harrison county. Captain William Lowther, 132 days service, [1772 settled on Hackers Creek (1)] John Powers, 132 days service [1772 settled on Simpson’s Creek (1)]. Charles Washburn, 132 days service [1769 settled in Harrison co., 1769; 1771 settled on West branch of Monongahela River (1)]. William Moore, 78 days service [1777 signed petition for formation of a new county from Augusta encompassing Harrison co. area (6)]. Elijah Rumer [Runyon?], 132 days service [Isaac Runyon patented land on Bent of River Creek (1); Elijah Runon on 1787 Harrison co. personal property tax (4)]. Isaac Washburn, 132 days service [1769 settled in Harrison co.; 1771 settlement on West Fork River(1)]. James Gregory, 132 days service [John & James Gregory on 1787 Harrison co. personal property tax list (4)]; James Gregory patented land in 1780 on Back Creek, Augusta co., probably in what became Bath co. (3)]. Samuel Beard, 132 days service [obtained patent for land on Douglass Run (1786)(3)]. Thomas Hughes, 132 days service [1769 settled in Harrison county; Killed by Indians near Hacker’s Creek 4 May 1778 (1)]. Elias Hughes, 132 days service [1769 settled in Harrison co.; 1770 made improvements on West Fork (1)]. Edmund West, 132 days service [1773 settled on Hacker’s Creek(1)]. Charles West, 132 days service. [settled on Hughes Fork of Skin Creek (2)]. Nathaniel Davisson, 78 days service [patented land on Ten Mile Creek, Caties Lick (1803); Limestone Creek (1800) (3)]. Isaac Davisson, 78 days service [1773 made improvements on West Fork (3)]. Benjamin Copeland, 78 days service [1773 - Benjamin Coplin settled on Brushy Fork of Elk Creek(1)]. Daniel Warner, 25 days service, 53 days service. Daniel Stout, 78 days service. [1775 made improvements on Brushy Fork of Elk Creek (3)].* Thomas Stout, 78 days service [1775 made improvements on Elk Creek(1)].* Daniel Murphy, 78 days service. [1777 signed petition for formation of a new county from Augusta encompassing Harrison co. area (6)]. Thomas Bartley[?], 132 days service. [Thomas Bartlett obtained patent for land on West Fork (1786) (3)]. Conrad Richards, 132 days service [1773 settled at mouth of Lost Creek(1)]. Arnold Richards, 132 days service [1773 settled on West Fork River, 1782 killed near Richards Fort (2, pp. 480-481)]. Paul Richards, 132 days service [1774 made improvements on West Fork River, 1782 killed near Richard’s Fort (2, pp. 480-481)]. Daniel Cain, 132 days service [on 1787 Harrison co. personal property tax list (4)]. John Murphy, 132 days service [1775 made improvements on Andrew Davisson Run & Hughes River(1)]. Jesse [?] [Isaac?] Horner, 132 days service. Hezekiah Stout, 132 days service [1773 improvements made at the mouth of Indian Creek (5)].* George Bush, 132 days service [patented land on West Fork and Freeman Creek (1794); Freemans Creek (1788) (3)]. Adam Bush, 132 days service. [on 1787 Harrison co. personal property tax list (4)]. Paul Butcher, 132 days service [Paulser Butcher obtained patent in 1804 for land on West Fork (3)]. Soth Hickman [Sotha Hickman], 132 days service [31 Dec 1771, camped on Ann Moores Run(1); 1773 settled on Elk Creek(1)]. William Gregory, 28 days service [William Gregory patented land in 1780 on Back Creek, Augusta co., VA, probably in area that later became Bath co. (3).] Nathl [Nathaniel] Gregory, 132 days service. Samuel Cotrail [Cottrill], 132 days service [Dec. 31, 1771 camped on Ann Moore’s run (1)]. John Cain, 132 days service [1772 settled on West Fork of Monongalia River (3)]. Matthew Nugent, 132 days service. Robert Lowther, 132 days service [1772 settled on Hacker’s Creek (1)]. Isaac Richards, 132 days service [settled on on Elk Creek (1); 1787 obtained patent for land on Elk Creek]. Hezekiah Davisson, 132 days service [1773 settled in Harrison co.(1)]. Andrew Davisson, 132 days service [1773 made improvement on Elk Creek(1)]. Edward Tanner, 132 days service [1773 made improvements on Buckhannon River]. Josiah Davisson, 132 days service [obtained patent for land on Pleasant Creek (3)]. * Sons of Jonathan Stout. 1771 settlement by Jonathan Stout on Simpsons Creek (3). -------- Sources for settlement information: (1) Haymond, Henry, History of Harrison County West Virginia, Acme Publishing Co., Morgantown, VA (1910), available from Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA. (2) McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil, The Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia (1915), reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co. (3) Library of Virginia Digital Library, Land Office Grants. (4) Yantis & Love, The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 for Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, VA (1987). Note: I have used this source only for individuals for whom I could not find land records; the factMthis source is not cited for an individual does not mean the individual was not listed on the personal property tax list. (5) Core, Earl L., The Monongalia Story, A Bicentennial History, McClain Printing Co., Parsons, WV (1974). (6) Legislative Petition, Augusta County, 1776-1783, Box A, Virginia Archives, posted on internet. Note: I have used this source only when I could not find the individual on other lists; the fact this source is not cited for an individual does not mean they did not sign this petition.