The Prichards of Fourmile Creek
alias: Pritchet,Pritchard, Pritchett, etc.
I, Edward Prichard, in a zealous quest to find my "roots", have managed to compile the 
following bits of information on the family known as Prichard.  My great,
great, great grandfather was William Prichard (sometimes spelled differently).      In April of
1833, William Prichard and Mary Lyon married in Lawrence County Kentucky.  During their stay 
in Kentucky, they birthed Lewis, John and Susanna. By 1850 William and Mary were farming in 
Wayne County, Virginia.  They had married off Susanna to William Kelly and  daughters, Polly A. 
and Nancy, and sons Wesley, William and Zacharius had been added to the Cradle rolls.
When 1860 came, William and Mary had left Wayne Co., Va. and moved to Boyd County
Kentucky, leaving Wesley in Wayne co. and Lewis and his bride, Julia Evaline Eplin in Cabell
County with daughters Clerissa and Nancy.  John had married America Parsons and settled in
Smokey Bottom, Kentucky leaving their first born (George W.) in the care of Lewis and Julia.
By the time Lincoln County was formed from Cabell County, William and Mary, and Lewis
and Julia Evaline were residing on or near Trace Branch of Fourmile Creek of Branchland.
Daughters Lydia, Eliza, and Susan had been born to Lewis and Julia, while William and Mary's
Nancy had left home marrying  Thomas Cremeans.  Wesley and  Jessica Charity (Eplin) 
continue living in Cabell County.  William Jr. and Zacharias are still living at home.
As the pages of the calendar turn to the year 1880, we find John and America, William Jr.
(now married to Cynthia Harless) , Zacharias (married to "Mary Jane"), and William and Mary 
all living on Fourmile Creek. 
I take great pride in calling myself a Prichard.  The years that come after 1880 leave us with a
rich bounty of fruit from the William and Mary Tree - All honest, hard working Pri(t)chards filled
with pride and love of their offspring. Many of those Prichards that came before us have gone to 
unknown cemeteries and unmarked graves.   Because of this, I am stymied, that is to say I have 
hit the proverbial ";brick wall";. 
Anyone having any additional information, especially pertaining to the ancestors of William and
Mary (Lyons) Pritchard or any of their children please phone (collect) 304-736-7005 or write to
Edward R. Prichard, #7 Goose Ck. Rd., Barboursville, W.Va. 25504.
Copyright 1996 by Ed Prichard.  Ed Prichard grants USGenWeb Archives the right to post this 
information.
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