West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 32 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: David D. BEARD, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: BECKETT Family, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: Daniel BECKNER, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: Andrew BEIRNE, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: Erwin BENSON, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Frances BEST, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: Michael BICKETT, Monroe Count [SSpradling@aol.com] #8 BIO: Rev. M. H. BITTENGER, Monroe [SSpradling@aol.com] #9 BIO: Peter BLAND, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #10 BIO: Richard BLANKENSHIP, Monroe C [SSpradling@aol.com] #11 BIO: William BLANTON, Monroe Count [SSpradling@aol.com] #12 BIO: Mark BOON, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #13 BIO: Moses BOSTICK, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #14 BIO: Patrick BOYD, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #15 BIO: Samuel BROWN, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #16 BIO: Peter BROYLES, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #17 BIO: Undrel BUDD, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:19:02 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1d9c6ad6.2517f0b6@aol.com> Subject: BIO: David D. BEARD, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 307 DAVID D. BEARD John D. of David and Felicia was b. 1833, came from Augusta 1867, and acquired several good grazing farms, particularly at Johnson's Crossroads. He was one of the oldest Masons in Monroe. (Mary M. Johnson, 1867, Mahala E. Dunn, Ella Campbell) C: Charles 0., Rufus 3. D., Hugh D., Robert E., and (by 2d w.) Richard P. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:23:39 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1ab85058.2517f1cb@aol.com> Subject: BIO: BECKETT Family, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 307-308 BECKETT FAMILY About 1785 three Becketts, said to be of a collateral branch of the familv to which the celebrated Robert A. Beckett belonged, came from England, one settling in Connecticut, one in Maryland, and one in Virginia. Of the eight children of Daniel (Lydia Wade) of Blacksburg, William H. H. (Catharine D. Callaway, 1841, Margaret Tracy) came to Monroe before his first marriage. C: Amanda M. (A. C. Lynch)-Margaret (Rice Cart, Rw. P. 5. Chandler)-Wilber F. (Jennie Devers)-James D. (A B. Peck, 1879)-George H. (Sarah M. Michie, Mrs. Eliza-beth A. Hodge)-Henry C. (Mary W. Crews)-A. W. (m. in Wood)-Elizabeth E. (George Kountz)-Erastus (Margaret Still) ; by 2d m.-Ballard P. (Elizabeth Harvey)-Samuel F. (Nannie Spangler)-Robert D. (Julia Robertson)-Catharine B. (William Martin)-Dora B. (Walter Dent)-Arthur T.-Willie H. (Charles Stromer). All but the first of the older family are yet living and none is under the age of 58. W. F. and 3. D. were in the Confederate army, the former being present in 17 batties. 3. D. has spent much time in school work and has served three terms as county superintendent and two as circuit clerk; is now President of Monroe county court. Dr. H. C. studied at Holbrook and Vanderbilt universities and graduated in medicine at the University of Nashville. He has been a practitioner at Scottsburg, VL, since 1885, ranks high in his profession, and is author of several papers on medical topics. Samuel ( Eddy), brother to W. H. H., married in Monroe. C. of 3. D.: Ray P. (Lorna Miller) Mamie (R. M. Steele) and Emile. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:26:39 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Daniel BECKNER, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 308 DANIEL BECKNER Daniel (Elizabeth Evans) came from Botetourt to Sinks Grove about 1820. His children by this marriage were John (dy) and Lewis (1824- 1864) C. of Lewis (Catharine Wickline of Daniel, 1849) Napoleon L. (d)-Ferdinand L. (Amanda C. Baker, 1875)-Julian H.-Josepbine M. E. (d)-Alfred A.-D. Powell, 1893-Spurgeon M.-Lewis F. >From 1873 to 1907, F. L. was concerned in the management of Sweet Springs, beginning under Oliver Beirne. 3. H., now of Florida, was asso-ciated with Beirne and Burnside in the management of a sugar plantation. A. A., now of Baton Rouge, managed a Burnside sugar plantation 27 years. D. P. like A. A., managed the Lewis Place a while, was then transferred to Buraside, La., and at length returned to become manager of Sweet Springs. He was murdered by one John F. Wiley. S. M. is at Easton, Md. L. F., manager of Lewis Place 24 years, is now in Texas. C. of F. L.-Currie L.-Nelson A-Minnie B.-Mabel R.-Alfred C. (d)-Tilghman-Robert E.-Fitzhugh L.-John L.-Fred H -Bessie M. -Lake S. T. and F. L. are foremen of the Myron Stratton Home Farm in Colorado. Their father is one of the most successful farmers of Sweet Springs valley. The Beckners are of Lancaster county, Pa. Daniel was murdered by rangers in Nicholas. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:37:26 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <71b8455d.2517f506@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Andrew BEIRNE, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 308-311 ANDREW BEIRNE Andrew Beirne and his wife, (?) Plunkett, had three sons who built themselves largely into the history of Monroe. He was himself of of the Irish gentry and of classical education and comfortable circumstances. Andrew, Jr., decided after coming to manhood that he would leave the old home in county Roscommon and come to America. He saw a better future for himself in the land that had just gained its independence than by remaining in his native Ireland which was so grievously oppressed by the British government. At the age of 22 he arrived at Philadelphia with about $150 in money. This sum he handed to a man who agreed to take him in a while so that he might have opportunity to gain a practical knowledge of the new country. The tradesman soon failed and the money was a total loss. Nevertheless the young man decided on a mercantile career, and a worthy countryman named Flanagan became his security for a few hundred dollars worth of goods. This supply he soon sold Out and the same Quaker merchant, having faith in the young Irishman, furnished a larger stock. After about two years of very successful exertion Beirne found his way to this county and opened a small Store on the farm of Edward Keenan, whose daughter, Ellen G., he married. As soon as Monroe and the town of Union were established, Mr. Beirne moved his store into the village, and his brother George arriving in 1800, the firm of A. and G. Beirne was formed and it continued many years. In 1824 Mrs. Royall speaks of its success as "without a parallel, taking into view the nature of the country." Andrew Beirne soon became a great landholder. He acquired an estate of 2200 acres just north of the county seat, the half lying near the village being unsurpassed even in the famed bluegrass belt of Kentucky. There is running water in every field and the land is worth from $125 to $150 an acre. Near the Beirne mill, which is yet standing, he built a house which he painted red, and from this circumstance it was known as the "Red House." It has since disappeared. Later he built midway to Union a large brick dwelling which he painted white, and thus it became known as the "White House." As captain of a rifle company he led his command to Norfolk in 1814, all the more willingly because of his resentment at the injustice of England toward Ireland. But the news of peace came before there was any need for his further service. At the disbanding at Norfolk he very generously offered the homebound expenses of any member of his company who might need such help, regardless of whether it were repaid or not. Afterward he became colonel of the Monroe militia. His political creed was Democratic and he was repeatedly honored with office. In 1807 he was a member of the Virginia Assembly. He was afterward a state senator, a member of the constitutional convention of 1829, and in 1836 a Presidential elector. He was also sent to Congress. Colonel Beirne was not only a great financier but was of pleasing man-ners and high education. He took great interest in the affairs of his state and county. He died in 1845, aged 74, while on a visit to Huntsville. Ala. His possessions were then worth about $l.000.000. Beirne was of kindly impulses and much usefulness. Yet it must be added that this fortune, amassed while America was still a poor country, was not built up without recourse to grinding business methods. Such practices as his tended to deepen the inequality of wealth and to reduce the mass of the people to a condition little better than vassalage. Of the ten children of Colonel and Mrs. Beirne the following attained maturity: Christopher (s)-Edward (s)-Mary D. (Bide Steenberger)-Susan (Charles H. Patton, 1833)-Nancy (William McFarland)-Oliver (1811-1888) (Margaret M. Caperton)-Ellen ( Turner)-George T. (Eliza Gray)-Andrew (d. 1872) (Mary A. Alexander, Ellen Gray). Steenberger was once the owner of the celebrated Mirnin's Bottoms in Shenandoah county. He was a financier after the order of Jay Gould and others of New York fame. On one occasion he borrowed $600,000 from the United States Bank with Col. Beirne and others as security. He failed but his indorsers won in a suit for relief from their obligation. He cornered the beef market in St. Louis and the flour market in San Francisco, where he sold flour at $50 a barrel. And yet he died at St Louis a poor man. Patton was a distinguished physician of Alabama, and McFarland an eminent lawyer of Richmond. Turner was of Connecticut. George T. became a brilliant attorney of Huntsville, Ala. Oliver and Andrew were the only married sons who remained in Monroe. The latter, known as "young colonel," lived on the Lewis place, where he was very successful as a grower of blooded livestock. He was not only a large slaveholder but an extensive employer of hired labor. But the war of 1861 was disastrous to him in a financial way. Andrew J. Beirne was over six feet tall, dressed like a planter, with brown slouch hat, highly polished boots, and large flaps to the pockets of his riding coat. He was known as the most superb horseback rider in the county. Mounted on "Honest John," he would lope in a single hour the eight miles between his house and Union, and to the schoolboys who envied his equestrianship it seemed as though horse and rider were one. His colored attendant, "Black Joe," riding "Peacock," could with difficulty keep up with him. His children were Mary G., Rosalie, Ellen, and Andrew. The one son died in a Federal prison in 1865. The first daughter married Thomas J. Mid-dleton, of South Carolins, the second married Col. Garrett Andrews, an eminent lawyer of Mississippi, and the third married Adolphus Blair of Richmond, whose son, Andrew B., is a prominent business man of that city. Oliver had a college education and was a graduate in medicine, although he never practiced. On one of his return trips from school he met John Burnside at Fincastle, and this casual acquaintance led to the em-ployment of the latter by the colonel. At length Oliver Beirne formed a partnership with Burnside for buying and selling sugar, Burnside taking the New Orleans end of the business and Oliver the New York end. After making a great deal of money they closed Out in 1847, Burnside then becoming a sugar planter. Oliver enlarged the "White House" and lived there until the war, when he moved to Sweet Springs, where he was the owner of the hotel. To this property he gave the great benefit of his ca-pacity for business organization. Oliver Beirne was at length not only the proprietor of the family homestead and of Sweet Springs, but also of the Lewis place, the Burnside estate, and large holdings in Texas, the whole being worth some $6,000,000, and making him at that time the wealthiest man in the Virginias. All this property except Sweet Springs still belongs to his heirs. Mr. Beirne was a person of warm attachments as well as strong prejudices. He was large-hearted toward his friends, but could tolerate no petty meanness. In his later years he was known as an erect, well-groomed gentleman of somewhat more than average size and he wore a long, white, patriarchal beard. His children were John, Jane E., Bettie, Andrew, Susan, Nancy, and Alice. Bettie married William P. Miles, of South Carolina, a scholarly gentleman and a great book lover. He served in Congress and was one of the organizers of the Confederate government at Montgomery. He was one of the near counselors of Jefferson Davis. Susan married Major Henry Robinson, and Nancy married Samuel B. Parkman, who was killed at Antietam In 1869 she married Emil von Ahlefeldt, a German, and spent thirteen years in Europe. The only living grandchildren are those of Mrs. Miles, two of whom spend their summers at the White House. George Beirne (1780-1832) married Polly Johnson in 1805. His children were Andrew P., Jackson, Christopher, George, Susan, and Mary R-Andrew P. (1808-1842) married a Miss Smith, of the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson, a surgeon in the Confederate army, settled in St. Louis. George, who died at an early age, married Delilah Alexander in 1827. Christopher, a bachelor, and the owner for a while of a fine estate immediately south of Union, moved to St. Louis. Susan and Mary R. married respectively Manilius and Augustus A. Chapman. Andrew P. had a son and a daughter, the latter marrying a Kinney, of Staunton. The former, who married Elizabeth Caperton, was born in 1842, was educated at the United States Military Academy, and served in the Confederate navy. In the year of his marriage-1867-he came to Monroe as a farmer and attorney, but at length moved to Ronceverte. The children of George were Michael A. J., Oliver F., and Christopher J. Oliver (1785-1845), a brother to Colonel Beirne, lived unmarried. None of the Beirnes in the male line are now residents of Monroe. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:40:55 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Erwin BENSON, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 311-312 ERWIN BENSON Erwin (d. 1818) (Mary Black, d. 1852) owned Salt Sulphur. C: Eliza-beth (?John Hawkins, 1808)-Mary (Michael Alexander, 1801)-Nelly (William Clark, 1808)-Jane (Isaac Caruthers, 1816)-Margaret (Willjam Erskine, 1810)-Mathias (d. before 1818). C of Mathias: Ervin William (minor, 1796) son of Levin. The Bensons came from the Cowpasture. ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:44:44 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <6eab1d5f.2517f6bc@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Frances BEST, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 312 FRANCIS BEST Francis (Isabella) was living in the Sinks, 1800, adj. James Wylie, William Young, Joseph Alford. He came from Va. Mary (b. 1766) married John Lynch. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:47:16 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Michael BICKETT, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 312 MICHAEL BICKETT Michael (Elizabeth Erskine), who lived on the flat-topped mountain which bears the family name, was probably a son of an older Michael, who died in this county in 1814. Thomas (Mary) and John (Margaret), who also lived in this neighborhood between 1800 and 1810, seem to have been other sons. Michael, Jr., was found in a dying condition in his field early in May, 1858. C: James H. (b. 1798)-William-Catharine (Joseph Perry)-Henry-John L.-Jean-Benjamin L. (b. 1814). These births took place between 1798 and 1814. James H. (Polly Tapscott) lived on the homestead but had no family. C. of William (Nancy Boyd) : Catharine (1836-1857) (s)-Elizabeth (Joshua Leach, Matthew Walkup)-Michael (1831-1888) (s)-James D. (s). Thus by failure in the male line the surname has become extinct. Michael, son of William, died an hour before his mother and both are buried in one grave. ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:53:17 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Rev. M. H. BITTENGER, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 312 Rev. M. H. BITTENGER Rev. M. H. (1826-1913) (Martha R. Moffete, 1858) was born at Georgetown, D. C., and was a descendant of Adam, an immigrant from Alsace to Pa. His grandfather, a captain in the Revolution, was captured at Fort Washington and suffered great hardships. M. H. came to Greenville in 1855, after being a missionary in Giles two years. He was graduated from Nassau Hall, Princeton, N. J., 1849, was licensed as a Presbyterian minister, 1852, and became pastor emeritus 1902. He preached also at other points than Greenville, and was a teacher and county superintendent. "Few men in Monroe were more widely known and perhaps no one was more highly esteemed." ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:56:16 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Peter BLAND, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 313 PETER BLAND Robert (d. 1795c) seems to have been the father of Robert (Anna) of Peters Mountain valley, whose own son Robert was born here 1784. C.: Robert (178~1857)-Esther E. (James T. McKinney, 1813)-James (India Dawson of Isaac, 1813)-Joshua (Polly Shires, 1807) Joshua, probably a brother, had Robert (Elizabeth Hand, 1808). ______________________________X-Message: #10 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:58:42 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1575c5e4.2517fa02@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Richard BLANKENSHIP, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 313 RICHARD BLANKENSHIP Richard bought land of James Ellison on Stinking Lick in 1800. ______________________________X-Message: #11 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:01:04 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1ba63ee5.2517fa90@aol.com> Subject: BIO: William BLANTON, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 313 WILLIAM BLANTON William came from the Cowpasture at a very early day. He settled on the Gaston Caperton place, was constable, 1773, and was a prominent member of the Rehoboth congregation. The family went to Kentucky. John was a son and Isabel (Abner Wiseman, 1800) a daughter or granddaughter. ______________________________X-Message: #12 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:05:16 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Mark BOON, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 313-314 MARK BOON Mark (1824-1896) was a native of Appledore, Kent county, England, and came to America with his parents in 1828. His wife was Annie Chaplin, also a native of England, who came in 1844 at the age of 17. Mr. Boon came from Warm Springs to Monroe in 1860 to engage in the mercantile business at Greenville; but the war demoralizing commercial operations, he engaged in hospital and field service. In the spring that the war closed he set up as a tailor at Greenville and was also a partner with his brother Daniel in a store. They dissolved partnership in 1878, and after merchandising four years at Hunter's Springs he purchased the Swinny farm near Lindside. In connection with his farm he conducted a store which he opened in that village in 1880. C: Sarah A. (David Watts of Wilson, 1874)-Lydia V. (Thomas Shider)-John W. (Margaret J. Thompson, 1879)-Cary L., (Annie E. Swope)-Wilber F. (Nora Brown, 1893). Five other children did not reach maturity and neither of the daughters is now living. The sons all engaged in the mercantile business, but W. F. forsook it to follow railroad and carpenter work. J. W. has been a merchant at Greenville since 1880. of his children, Arthur, Charles, and Kate are associated with him in his store. The others are Ethel J. (Robert E. Riner) and Frederick M. (Bertha Gilman). The last named is an insurance agent at Huntington, W. Va. Daniel, brother to Mark, (Martha E. Hughart of Ervin), served four years in the Confederate army and was later a farmer and merchant of Greenville and vicinity. He died in 1915. C: George E. (Zora E. Hill) -James A. (Nannie Pence). Tile former is a traveling salesman, the latter a physician in N. Y. ______________________________X-Message: #13 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:08:20 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Moses BOSTICK, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 314 MOSES BOSTICK Moses (d. 1799) (appraised at $281.41) and John (levy-free, 1815) seem to have been brothers. It was probably a younger John who lived near Crimson Spring and had Ruth (Bayles Glover), Eleanor (Robert Fury, 1817), Margaret (s), William (Anne Shaver), John, Thomas, Jonathan (s), Reuben (Polly Parker). Thomas (Elizabeth Bland) was first cousin and neighbor to the foregoing. C: Robert (Nancy Foster), Calvin (1811-1904) (Charlotte Hall, 1841), James L. (Mary A. Carlisle, 1847), Thomas (Elizabeth Grillith of Hannah, 1845), Caperton (Jennie Sams), Charlotte (s), Sarah (s), Esther (Charles Foster, 1838), Mary (Thomas Shaver). Others: Alexander (Sarah Pyne) (179~1S69) ; Madison (Elizabeth McMann). ______________________________X-Message: #14 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:11:57 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4d49166a.2517fd1d@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Patrick BOYD, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 314-315 PATRICK BOYD Patrick (1759-1835) an orphan, was in 1772 bound to John Crawford, a blacksmith. Four years later he came before the Augusta court to complain of ill treatment by his master. By 17S3 he was living on the place now occupied by his grandson, Edward Boyd, and had a shop where he pursued the trade of blacksmitlt and bellmaker. He acquired much prop-erty and left his children well provided for. It is thought that his father's name was Robert and that his mother was a Porterfield. He seems to have had a sister Esther, born 1750. Her father Robert died before 1765. His marriage to Ann McDowell is said to have taken place at Donally's fort. C: Robert (Catharine Ballantyne) (d. 1879)-P. Porterfield (d. 1881) (Eliza H. Gray, 1839)-Esther (George Drummond, 1812, James Foster)-Jane (1788-1858) (James Hawkins, 1808)-Margaret (1797) (Martin Hill, 1819, James Leach)-Nelly-Nancy (1795-1888)-(William Bickett, 1825). C. of Robert: Andrew B. (Catharine Gray, 1847)-Agnes A. (Andrew Wylie, 1845)-Ann (James Jarrett) -James-Margaret (s) -Rachel (s) -Cassandra (s) -William (Elizabeth Lemons) -Matthew (s)-Robert (Jennie Stevens) (d. '62) (Rachel Nickell, 1830c) C. of A. B. of Robert: Robert A. (Elizabeth Lynch). C. of William of Robert: Lomax (Howard Kennedy). C. of P. Porterfield: William L. (1831-1853) (Mary A. Miller)-George A. (1835-1909) (Caroline Leach, Mary A. Still) ; by 2d w.-Harvey H. (Minerva ) Patrick A. (1842-1905) (Amanda J. Leach) -Lydia A. (William Barnett)-John H. (Emma White)-James A. (Sa-rah Persinger)-Robert P. (Anna Rittenhouse)-Grier M.-Archelaus R. -Thomas J. (Emma Hawkins). C. of William L.-Mary A. (C. B. Selvy)-Robert P. (Sarah Connor)-William L. (Mary Connor)-Virginia M. (William Still)~Dora B. (A. L. Withrow)-Newton A. ( Tigret)-Rachel 5.-Otho C. Another Boyd was James (1769-1846) (Florence). C: Thomas, John, Jane (James McDaniel, 1819), Nathan. ______________________________X-Message: #15 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:17:36 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <777e93eb.2517fe70@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Samuel BROWN, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 315-316 SAMUEL BROWN A county without the names of Brown, Miller, Smith, and Jones would be sadly incomplete, and Monroe has never lacked for any of these. Yet we are able to set in order only a few items of our data. A list of the persons present at the Samuel Brown sale in 1794, the schedule totaling $426.24, will be of some interest, since the names are chiefly of Second Creek district. Matthew Alexander, John Akin, William Arbuckle, Thomas Best, William Brown, Samuel Brown, John Cantly, James Corbit, John Cornwall, Elijah Cornwall, James Dempsey, Hugh Douling, Jonathan Dunbar, William Dunbar, Thomas Flowers, Nimrod Foster, Nathaniel Foster, Isaac Foster, John Foster, John Gray, Senr., John Gray, Peter Grass (Glass?), James Glenn, Jesse Green, Joseph Ham, Senr., Joseph Ham, Junr., David Jarrat, Robert King, William Leach, John Leg, Nicholas Leak, Jacob Longingacre, Moses Massy, Henry McCart, Nancy McKensy, Will-iam McKinster, Daniel McMullin, Samuel Miller, James Murdock, David Nelson, John Perry, Daniel Perry, James Smith, Matthew Wealch, Andrew Young. William (Jane) (d. 1806) lived in the Sinks. C: John, Alexander, Mary, Jane, William, Sarah, Margaret, Rosa. Alexander of this family (Polly Foster, 1805) (d. 1822) had Polly, John, Samuel. An older family was composed of Samuel (Mary), John, Margaret, Sarah, Martha, Dorothy, William, Mary (James Nelson). Several of the above groups appear to ~ave married into other families of the Sinks. John of Potts Creek moved to Kentucky about 1808. 3. W. A., a son of Reuben, (Nannie Thompson, Allie Garvin, Mrs. Mary E. Smith) came from Franklin to Orchard. C: William H. (Elsie Mead), C. Reuben (Amelia Ferguson), Nora (Wilber F. Boon), (Minta (Eli Weaver), Sudie (Harry Zink), Willie ( Alexander). Henry C. (Ann Pack) is a brother to T. W. A. Edwin M. came from Lynchbur, Va., m. Caroline, Va.; Marshall (Fredericksburg, Va.). C: Emma (Chas. Maddy), Frank (Mary Mont-gomery), Ferdinand, Carrie (3. W. McNeer), H. M. (Mary Rudd), Lizzie (3. W. Bell). ______________________________X-Message: #16 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:21:17 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3431c3ec.2517ff4d@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Peter BROYLES, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 316 PETER BROYLES Peter the pioneer is thought to have come from Rockbridge. He purchased the W. S. Broyles place of the widow Henderson. C: Zachariah (Susan E. Riner)-Ephraim (Elizabeth Harvey, 1805)-Aaron (d. 1837) (Lydia Spradling, 1830)-Jacob (Ann Riner, 1833) ( Pack)-Absalom (Lucy Riner, 1814)-boy (drowned)-Elizabeth (Robert Rains, 1807)-Margaret ( Campbell). Ann, a daughter of Zacharish, was born here in 1800. Lovel (Sarah) was born 1803, died 1865. Solomon settled on Lick Run in 1808. He divided a large body of land among his sons. C: Nancy, Andrew 3. (1822-1910) (Sarah McGhee, 1834), Thompson, Green, Margaret, Elizabeth (Jesse Copeland, 1840), William, Augustus. C. of Andrew 3.-John (d. '61), Thompson (d. '61), James, Allen; 4 others. C. of Andrew 3. (another?): William L. (Lessie V. Davis), G. C. (Julia Chambers), John A. (Etta McDaniel). C. of Augustus: Edward L. (Cora Raines), Charles W. (Viola Raines), John D. (Sarah Booth). C. of Simeon (Cynthia Smith of Wm): W,. 5 (Elizabeth Broyles of Thompson) Lewis H. (Mrs. Riner Broyles). ______________________________X-Message: #17 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:24:55 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1d9c6aed.25180027@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Undrel BUDD, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 316 UNDREL BUDD Undrel (1780-1845) (Mary Keenan, 1807) came from N. Y. and lived in Union. Of his large family Christopher died in Mexico as a soldier in 1848. Sarah m. Jacob Osborne, Charles m. (1) Mary E. McCartney (2) Marietta McCartney, Harriet m. 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