WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 105 Today's Topics: #1 HISTORY: THE FACTS CONDENSED, Part [Valerie & Tommy Crook ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:17:25 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000412071725.00822620@trellis.net> Subject: HISTORY: THE FACTS CONDENSED, Part 5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA THE FACTS CONDENSED COPYRIGHTED, 1910, BY A. S. LEE, PRINCIPAL RIPLEY NORMAL SCHOOL, RIPLEY, W. VA. GLOBE PRINTING & BINDING CO., PARKERSBURG, W. VA. ************************************ Part 5 MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA. Since 1864 the material development of the State has been phenomenal. At that date, the immense for- ests remained practically untouched, the extent of the vast coal fields unknown and undefined, the extensive oil territory undeveloped. Since then new railroads have been built and many branch lines constructed, until now these roads penetrating all parts of the State, furnish excellent transportation facilities for the -almost inexhaustible supply of our natural wealth. The last twenty years has witnessed the greatest progress in material development. The oil industry, fruit growing, grazing, and manufacturing, are now receiving much attention. OFFICERS. Salary of Executive Officers: Governor, $5,000; Secretary of State, $4,000; Auditor, $4,500; Superin- tendent of Schools, $3,000; Treasurer, $2,500; Attor- ney General, $4,000. State Officers for 1910: Gover- nor, Glasscock; Secretary of State, Reed; Auditor, Darst; Superintendent of Schools, Shawkey; Treasur- er, Long; Attorney General, Conley. The salary of Circuit Court Judges is $3,300; of Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, $4,500. County officers are Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, three Commissioners of the County Court, Clerk Coun- ty Court, Clerk Circuit Court, Assessor, Superintend- ent of Free Schools, Surveyor of Lands, and Commis- sioners of Accounts. City officers are Mayor, Councilmen, Recorder, Treasurer, Marshal, Assessor, Solicitor, and Street Commissioner. The magisterial district officers are two Justices of the Peace, two Constables, President Board of Edu- cation, two School Commissioners, Overseer of Poor, Surveyor of Roads, School Trustees, in each sub- district. Congressmen: Senators, Scott and Elkins. Rep- resentatives, 1910, Hubbard, Sturgiss, Gaines, Wood- yard, and Hughes. Governors of West Virginia: Boreman, Farns- worth, Stevenson, Jacobs, Mathews, Jackson, Wilson, Fleming, MacCorkle, Atkinson, White and Dawson. State Superintendents of Free Schools: W. R. White, Ziegler, Williams, Lewis, Pendleton, Byrne, Butcher, Morgan, Lewis, Trotter and Miller. U. S. Senators: VanWinkle, Willey, Boreman, Davis, Caperton, Price, Hereford, Camden, Kenna, Faulkner, Elkins and Scott. Federal Judges: Circuit Judge, Goff, District Judges, Dayton and Keller. State Supreme Court: Poffenbarger, Miller, Williams, Brannon, Robinson. MONUMENTS BUILDING. At New Martinsville, in honor of Lewis Wetzel; Shepherdstown, in honor of James Rumsey; Point Pleasant, in honor of the heroes of the battle of Point Pleasant. The last mentioned was unveiled October 10,1909. WEST VIRGINIA GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. Ohio, Potomac, Monongahela, Alleghany, and Ap- palachian are Indian names. The names of counties and magisterial districts commemorate the names of persons prominent in State or National life. Many towns were named after per- sons associated with their early history, as Morgan- town, Marlinton, Martinsburg, Charleston, Shepherds- town, Parkersburg, Gasaway, Jayenne, and Camden- on-Gauley. Many other names of towns and rivers refer to interesting matters of local history, as Erbacon, Ken- ova, Sistersville, Ronceverte, Salama, Terra Alta, etc. HISTORICAL EVENTS WITHIN WEST VIRGINIA. "Burr's conspiracy" on Blennerhassett Island, "John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, "Battle of Point Pleasant," Formation of the State of West Virginia," "Invention of Steam boat at Shepherdstown by James Rumsey," and "Siege of Fort Henry." MISCELLANEOUS. DANIEL BOONE lived ten years in West Virginia. He kept a store at Point Pleasant, was deputy surveyor of Kanawha county and represented that county in the Legislature of Virginia. Late in life he moved to Mis- souri where he died. MRS. ANNA BAILEY was kidnapped in England and was sold into Virginia. To avenge the death of her husband at Point Pleasant, she put on male attire and became a scout, and messenger to the various settle- ments. On one occasion she saved Fort Clendenin by bringing powder to it from Fort Union. She became a formidable enemy of the Indians and a serviceable friend of the settlers. SELIM, THE ALGERINE, was a native of Algiers, Africa. He was sold into slavery at New Orleans by some Spaniards, and was later taken as a prisoner by the Indians along the Ohio. He escaped from them in a half-naked half-crazed condition and was rescued in the Blue Ridge mountains by a Virginia hunter in 1754. He was then taken to Staunton, Va., educated, and con- verted to Christianity. He made one trip to his old home but returned to the U. S. and died in South Caro- lina. JOHN BROWN'S RAID. In 1859, John Brown with a few followers, attempted to free the negroes by force. He captured Harper's Ferry, Jefferson, Co., and the arsenal there, and after murdering several of the in- habitants, was himself captured by Col. R. E. Lee, tried for treason and murder at Charlestown, convicted, sentenced to be hanged, and was buried at Elba, N. Y. Randolph is the largest county in the State, Han- cock the smallest, Hampshire the oldest, Mingo the youngest, Kanawha the most populous, Hancock the least populous, Pendleton the highest, and Jefferson the lowest county in the State. Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Pleasants, Wood, Mason, Cabel and Wayne counties touch the Ohio river. Wayne, Mingo and McDowell counties touch Kentucky. McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties touch Virginia. Hinton, Bluefield, and Wiliamson are growing rap- idly on account of the coal industries; Charleston and Chester on account of manufacturing interests. Oil was first found in the state at Burning Springs, Wirt Co., W. Va. in 1860. Later great wells were drilled at Sistersville opening up one of the greatest oil fields in the world. Wetzel, Tyler, Ritchie, Pleasants, Calhoun, Wirt, Wood, Roane, and Lincoln counties have produced great quantities of oil and gas. Salt was manufactured in the state as early as 1798. It soon became an important industry. Though this industry is now on the decline, much salt is pro- duced in Mason County, and at points along the Great Kanawha. The State Seal was designed and engraved by J. H. Dis DeBar, 1863. (to be continued) ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:22:47 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000412072247.0081acb0@trellis.net> Subject: HISTORY: THE FACTS CONDENSED, Part 6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA THE FACTS CONDENSED COPYRIGHTED, 1910, BY A. S. LEE, PRINCIPAL RIPLEY NORMAL SCHOOL, RIPLEY, W. VA. GLOBE PRINTING & BINDING CO., PARKERSBURG, W. VA. ************************************ Part 6 County Pop. County Seat Pop. Leading Industry Origin of Name Barbour ... 14198 Philippi ..... 665 Timber ........ . .Governor of Va. Berkeley .. 19469 Martinsburg . 7564 Farming, fruit. ........ Governor Boone ..... 8198 Madison ..... 200 Timber ............. Daniel Boone Braxton ... 18904 Sutton ...... 1000 Timber ........ ... Signer of Dec. Brooke .... 7219 Wellsburg ... 2588 Farming ....... .... John Hancock Cabell .....29252 Huntington . 15000 Mfg and farming . .Governor of Va. Calhoun ... 10266 Grantsville .. 225 Oil, Timber .........J. C. Calhoun Clay ....... 8248 Clay ........ 413 Timber ......... ....... Statesman Doddridge . 13689 West Union . 623 Mining .......... .... Congressman Fayette ....32000 Fayetteville . 413 Coal, Coke ......General Lafayette Gilmer .... 11762 Greenville .... 400 Farming ....... Secretary of Navy Grant ...... 7276 Marysvllle . .. 214 Mining ................. President Greenbrier .20683 Lewisburg ... 572 Grazing, Coal ...............River Hampshire . 11806 Romney ..... 580 Timber, grazing.. ..Hampshire, Eng. Hancock ... 6693 Cumberland .. 2198 Mfg and farming ......John Hancock Hardy ..... 8449 Mooresfield .. 460 Timber, grazing. ..... Congressman Harrlson . .27690 Clarksburg . . 4050 Grazing,mfg,coal . .Governor of Va. Jackson ....22987 Ripley ...... 800 Farming ....... ........ President Jefferson ..15935 Charlestown . 2400 Farming ....... ........ President Kanawha .. 54696 Charleston .. 16000 Coal, mfg................... River Lewis ..... 16980 Weston ..... 2560 Mining ......... ....Charles Lewis Lincoln ....15434 Hamlin ...... 400 Timber ................. president Logan ..... 6955 Logan ....... 444 Timber, coal ........ Indian Chief Marion .....32430 Fairmont .... 5655 Coal ........... .. General Marion Marshall ...26444 Moundsville . 5362 Farming .............John Marshall Mason ..... 24142 Point Pleasant.1935 Farming .................. Senator Mercer .....23023 Princeton ... 600 Coal ........... ...General Mercer Mineral ....12900 Keyser ...... 2536 Mining .................. Minerals Mingo ..... 11359 Williamson .. 800 Coal .................Indian Tribe Monongalla. 19044 Morgantown . 2000 Mining, Farming ............ River Monroe .... 13130 Union ....... 256 Grazing ................ president Morgan .... 7294 Berkeley Spgs.. 791 Fruit ..............General Morgan McDowell .. 18747 Welch ....... 442 Coal, coke ..... . .Governor of Va. Nicholas . .11403 Summerville . 223 Timber ........... .Governor of Va. Ohio .......48024 Wheeling .... 38878 Manufacturing .............. River Pendleton .. 9167 Franklin .... 205 Timber, grazing. ........... Judge Pleasants .. 9345 St. Marys.... 825 Oil ........... .. .Governor of Va. Pocahontas 8572 Marlinton ... 200 Timber, grazing. ...Indian Princess Preston ....22727 Kingwood . . . 700 Farming ........ . .Governor of Va. Putnam .... 17330 Winfield ..... 338 Farming ....... .. ..Gen. I. Putnam Raleigh . . 12439 Beckley ..... 352 Coal, timber . . . S. Walter Raleigh Randolph .. 17670 Beverly ...... 464 Grazing, timber. ....Governor of Va. Ritchie ....18901 Harrisville .. 772 Farming ....... . ...... Journalist Roane ..... 19852 Spencer ..... 737 Farming, oil ... . .......... Judge Summers . . 16265 Hinton ...... 4000 Timber ................ Congressman Taylor .....14978 Grafton ..... 5700 Coal, grazing ........... President Tucker .... 13433 Parsons ..... 618 Oil, Timber .. .. .......... Jurist Tyler ..... 18252 Middlebourne 403 Oil ............ .. .Governor of Va. Upshur .... 14696 Buckhannon ... 1589 Timber, coal ... Secretary of State Wayne ..... 23619 Wayne ...... 407 Timber ......... . . .General Wayne Webster ... 8862 Webster Spgs... 297 Farming ....... . . .Daniel Webster Wetzel . .. 22880 N.Martinsville 1089 Oil ............. . ...Lewis Wetzel Wirt ..... .10289 Elizabeth .... 657 Oil ............. Attorney-General Wood ...... 34452 Parkersburg ..14000 Mfg and farming. ...Governor of Va. Wyoming .. 8380 Oceana ........ 187 Coal, timber ...........Indian Name (to be continued) ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:29:34 -0400 From: "F Swisher" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <002601bfa4b5$72601ac0$429601d0@swisher> Subject: Hatfields & McCoys The Daily State Journal Parkersburg, West Virginia Wednesday Evening, February 1, 1888 THE HATFIELD - McCOY WAR --------- A TALE OF HORROR AND OUTRAGES RARELY EQUALED ---------- Lawless Acts That Have Caused a Blot on the Name of the Two Great States of Kentucky and West Virginia --Serious Interstate Complications Feared. PITTSBURG, Feb. 1 --In the Times this morning appears in detail the first true statement published of the famous HATFIELD-McCOY outrages that have for six - years continued without any serious attempt being made to punish the outlaws. The story from start to finish is a tale of horrors rarely equaled, and has caused a blot on the name of the two great states of Kentucky and West Virginia. Charles HOWELL, of the Times editorial staff, returning from a personal investigation reports to his paper that the HATFIELD - McCOY troubles threaten to develop into serious interstate complications. Although Governor BUCKNER, of Kentucky and WILSON, of West Virginia, have ordered their militia to return to their homes, it must not be understood that the troubles are ended. The HATFIELD - McCOY war, divested of all sentiment with which the representatives of the two states have invested it, is simply a succession of cowardly murders by day and assassinations and house burning by night. All of the murders have been cruel, heartless and almost without the shadow of provocation. Given on the one hand, a family with it's contingents of the same blood, allied and cemented by a common desire to avenge an imaginary affront, and on the other hand, another family, small in the matters of alliance and collateral sympathies, doomed to destruction by the larger one, and the cases stated. The scene of nearly all of the murders and assassinations of the years named is the narrow bottom of Tug river, above and below the mouth of Pond creek on the Kentucky side. Randal McCOY, with wife and thirteen children six years ago lived in a log hut near the mouth of Pond creek. To-day his home is in ashes; four of his sons and one daughter lie in bloody graves, and himself and family wander in the mountains homeless and well nigh penniless. In 1881 a warrant was issued for the arrest of Johnson HATFIELD, a son of Anderson, who alluded the officials for several months. Talbot McCOY was deputized to serve the warrant. McCOY captured HATFIELD and started with him for Pike court house, twenty miles distant, McCOY'S two brothers acting as guards. A friend apprised the HATFIELD'S of the arrest and the older HATFIELD. accompanied by his allies, intercepted the McCOY'S and rescued his son at the point of their guns and returned to West Virginia. A year later, at an election in Kentucky, Elias and Ellisson HATFIELD engaged in a quarrel with Talbot McCOY over an alleged debt, during which McCOY stabbed Ellison HATFIELD in the back. HATFIELD began pounding McCOY'S head with a stone, whereupon McCOY'S younger brother stabbed and shot HATFIELD inflicting fatal wounds. All parties were arrested. Thirty of HATFIELD'S friends promptly assembled and a compact was made to release the prisoners which was done. They took the three McCOYS with them, keeping them prisoners two days and a night, pending result of Ellison HATFIELD'S injuries. They refused to allow a justice to give the McCOYS a hearing, saying they would take care of both trial and punishment. The McCOYS--father, mother, brothers and sisters--appeared on the scene and begged for the lives of the three boys, but were told to leave or they would be killed too. That night Farmer and Talbot McCOY were taken into the timber and shot. Randal was tied to the dead bodies of his brothers and the party started home. Old Ance HATFIELD said: "Boys, dead men tell no tales," and stepping near the boy discharged both barrels of his shot gun into the boy's head, bursting it open. The bodies remained tied to the bushes for hours, their friends fearing to remove them. No concentrated effort was effort was ever made to capture the perpretrators of the crime. Anderson HATFIELD Sr., styling himself "Devil Ance," purchased firearms in large quantities and organized an absolute monarchy, himself taking command. Comparative quiet remained for another year, when in mistake for Randal McCOY and one of his sons, John and Henderson SCOTT were waylaid and permanently crippled by a volley from the HATFIELD Winchesters. Following this mistake came a period of "stock-raising" by the HATFIELD gang. About one year ago, Jeff McCOY, a cousin of the murdered men, was waylaid and shot by "Cap" HATFIELD and Sim WALLACE. The history of this crime has more elements of hellish fiendisness, if possible, than the first, the shots being fired while the victim's aged mother, groveling at their feet, arms entwined about their limbs, shrieked for pity. Spurning her with their boots, the fatal shots were fired. The old lady waded the stream to where he son lay dead and fell in anguish upon his body. Jeff McCOY'S father had some years previously been assassinated by the HATFIELD'S within a few yards of where his son fell. Perry A. CLINE, uncle of Jeff, attorney, secured requisitions for the arrest of the band. At an election in August last, Louis VARNEY was beaten almost to death by "Cap" HATFIELD. The HATFIELDS took possession of the polls and broke up the election. The crowning piece of deviltry was reserved for the night of January 1, 1888, when thirteen of the HATFIELD gang, headed by James VANCE, surrounded the Paul McCOY homestead near the mouth of Pond Creek, burned the house with its contents, killed his son and daughter, beat the mother over the head with the butt of a gun till they thought she was dead, and left the little children to die in the cold on the mountain side among the bushes, to which they had escaped in their night clothes. While the house was burning the father and husband fired two shots with telling effect. Three new made graves are to be found in the HATFIELD settlement and a number are known to be wounded. After burying his dead, McCOY removed his family to Pike court house last week. The story was obtained principally from Mr and Mrs McCOY, who show unmistakable evidence of the intensity of their sufferings, and is fully corroborated by others. No one knows why the fiendish maliguity should have been kept up. But once has McCOY attempted to retaliate, and that but a few days ago. Even now no feeling of resentment is manifest. He spoke like a man who had been bent and almost broken by the weight of his afflictions and grief. " I used to be on very friendly terms with the HATFIELDSbefore and after the war. We never had any trouble till six years ago," he continued. " I'll be glad when its all over." The killing of Alfara on the night of January 1, became known the next day at the county court house. Measures were taken at once to capture or kill a portion of the HATFIELD gang. Twenty or thirty men, under Deputy Sheriff Trask PHILLIPS, crossed the Tug near Pond creek in Pike county, Kentucky, on January (6?). Within thiry yards of the house Mrs. VANCE hailed PHILLIPS with " Who are you, and where are you going? " "Who are you, and where are you going?" was his rejunder. "I think they are after you, pap," shrieked the old woman, and a moment later old VANCE arose from his concealment, thirty or forty yards behind her. During the shooting which followed VANCE was killed. On the night of January 9, PHILLIPS and posse arrested Valentine HATFIELD, three MAYHORN brothers, Tom CHAMBERS and Rew YANCEY, Selkirk McCOY and Moses CHRISTIAN. Others of the HATFIELD'S were captured in McDowell county, West Virginia, about the same time and landed in Pike jail. On January 19, Sheriff PHILLIPS and posse charged old "Ance" and companions, all fled except Jim DUNPANY, who was killed by Jim McCOY, an uncle of Randal McCOY.