Upshur County, WV - First Families of Upshur County WV ******************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Copyright 1998 by Dorothy McCann-Phillips Dodie70 @aol.com ********************************************************************* The following are some of the 1st families in Upshur County by 1854. Some of this information was gleaned from families named by Cutright, some from the Agnes Gould papers. John Cutright and wife John House and wife Henry Bean and wife Jane McCann Andrew Bean and with with 3 daughters Elza Van Camp and wife Emmaline Ice Van Camp Fultz family Bosely family Killingsworth family One of the progenitors of the bean family was Henry and Julia A Bosely who came from New Hampshire or Hardy County. Thier children are said to have been: John William Bean who married Srah Ann Killingsworth Charles Bean who married Isabella Phillips, 1st, and Millie Tenney Zickafoose 2nd. Gabriel Bean who married Ladessa Burr Samantha Phillips had married Martin Burr, 1st, and Nathan Gould Jr., 2nd. Nathan Bean who married Eleanor Bean Hiram Bean who married Ellen Cutright Jane Bean who married 1st Arthur Bean, 2nd, William Alman Milanda Bean who married Peter Cutright Emily Bean who died young Millie Bean who married Osborne Phillips Elizabeth Bean, unmarried Jemima Bean who married Webster Tenney Beans Mill is said to have been built and run by Charles Bean, son of Henry. The Mill was located on the west side of the river. Some of the Ministers in the area who had preached at "Indian Camp Rock", and "The Old Log Church" were: Alexander Wood - S.A. Fike - Jacob Thomas - John Fitzgerald - Samuel N. McCann - Eartha G. Bean - Hazel Fultz - J. A. Parish - Henry Fike - Noah Fike - T. Valentine - Grant Sine - David Miller - Zachariah Annon - D. Kirk - A.C. Auvil - Erma Fike - J.F. Ross - B.W. Smith - H.A. Fultz - Andrew Guant - J.F. Valentine - W.J. Sanders - Fred Clayton - Howard Phillips - Clark Bean - and others not named here. Other names (excerpts from Emmert F Bittinger's Alleghenry Passage.) He talks about the Indian Camp Rock which is located east of Rte 20 near French Creek. William Bucklew, said to have held the 1st services at Indian Camp Rock (from Cutright's memoirs) The Indian Camp Dunker Church was built by Sep. 1870. In 1876 the land on which it stood was transferred by Joseph and Amelia Huffman to the Trustees of the "German Baptist Church" The Trustees were: Elza Van Camp (wife Emmaline Ice, (note: parents of Aldarada Van Camp, who married William J. McCann) Other Trustees were Henry Futlz and Joseph Huffman A token amount of $1.00 was exchanged and the grounds were transferred by means of a "General Warrant Deed" which designated the congregation would hold the land as long as they had a house on it, etc. Some of the families of French Creek Aaron Gould - Gilbert Gould - Arthur Gould - Robert Young - R.G. Smith - Nathan Gould Jr. - Ezra Morgan - son of Zedekiah Morgan & Ruth Dart Morgan - Jonathon Alden - John Burr - Ashley Gould - Peter Hyre - Ebenezer Leonard - Daniel Haynes - Elijah Phillips, father of Samantha Phillips who married Nathan Gould Jr. - David Phillips, brother of Elijah - Amod Brooks - Jared Armstrong - Adam Cooper Rusmissel - Samuel Barrett - Samuel Gould - Wirt Phillips - William Phillips - Ebenezer Phillips - Joshua Morgan - Isaac Morgan - Elias Perry - Hendersons - Hefner - Theodore Morgan - Nice Vincent Gould - Patrick Peebles - Janes Sexton - Miles - James Gould - Vincent = Freeman Sexton - Augustus Sexton - Festus Young - John Armstrong - Marshall Wingrove - Alpheus Hyre - David McMorrow - Lyman Young - Richard Young - Franklin Phillips - Ped Brady - Dode Jones - Sam Landis - Adolpeus Brooks - Gilbert Young - Franklin Page - Gilbert Gould - Marshall Gould - George - Will Elmers - Malcomb - Buckhanon - Major Thorpe - Sherman Brady - Dr. Joseph Morgan - Isaac Morgan - Chet Morgan - James Morgan - Chapman McCoy - Mirand Rexroad - Ithiel Neely - Litttle Elridge Burr - John Thomas - John Phillips - Loyal Young - Columbus Phillips - Uriah Phillips - Van de Vant - Charlie Jones - Kent Ward - Beecher Phillips - Hubbard Perry - Will Colerider - Edward Brown - Garland Ferrell - Claude Burr - Noah Sexton end