The First Settlers  - Wayne Co. WV


Source:W.Va. Heritage Encyclopedia, page 158. 

Among those who first sought and found homes within the present limits 
of Wayne county, were Samuel Hatton, 
William Adams, William Spurlock, Thomas Short, Samuel Short, Joseph 
Newman, John Grayston, Richard 
Grayston, John Wellman, Thomas Vaughn, Peter Loar, Joel Ferguson, 
Benjamin Sperry, Pleasants Workman, 
Robert Tabor, Peyton Newman, William Perry, Solomon Perry, Joseph 
Fulkerson, William Astrip, Goodwin, Lycan, 
sr., James Wilson, John Princeton, Lazarus Damron, Job Spence, Daniel 
Cox, John Jarrel, Elias Watts, William 
Thompson, Henry Hampton, James Vinson, Thomas Copley, Jacob Marcum, 
William Ratcliffe, James Friley, 
Samuel Ferguson, Daniel Frantz, Hezekiah Adams, Asa Booton, Asher 
Crockett, Henry Stewart, Stephen Kelley, 
John Bellamy, Benjamin Maxey, Levi Sotridge, Thomas Sotridge, Thomas 
Cartmill, John Keyser, Leonard Sharp, 
John Toney, Anthony Plymale, Robert Rutherford and 
Robert Wilson.



Submitted by Lorna Corns Workman <pworkman@newwave.net> 

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