Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 Phone: 1-304-293-4040 Fax: 1-304-293-6638 West Virginia University. On June 15, 1607 the fleet commander Captain Christopher Newport will return to England leaving 104 settlers. Genealogical records. With only 21 followers, in October of 1859 he took hostages and freed slaves in Harpers Ferry, at that time in Virginia. In 1671, General Abraham Wood, at the direction of Royal Governor William Berkeley of the Virginia Colony, sent the party of Thomas Batts and Robert Fallum into the West Virginia area. The composition of the General Assembly was changed. When the United States Bureau of Mines was given more authority to regulate mine safety in the 1960s, safety awareness improved, and West Virginia coal mines became less dangerous.[44]. Even before the American Civil War, counties in northwest Virginia had desired to break away from Virginia to form a new state. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Israel Frond, 300 In 1861, as the United States itself became massively divided over slavery, leading to the American Civil War (18611865), the western regions of Virginia split with the eastern portion politically, and the two were never reconciled as a single state again. A most remarkable thing, for a boy Bronson, Samuel Glass, David Logan, Fred George Washington. The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of a village society having a tribal trade system culture that practiced the cold working of copper to a limited extent. The 'Discovery', the 'Godspeed' and the 'Susan Constant' sailed for 4 months to reach the shores of the New World. [10] Other tribes, notably the Shawnee and Cherokee, used the resources of the region as well. acres, 12 November 1735. Morgan Morgan. is not now our purpose to continue here this discussion, but to Frederick County. The recorded History of Virginia began with settlement of the geographic region now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, previously settled thousands of years ago by Native Americans. County was formed in 1720 A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Copyright August @2011 -2023 Lieutenant-Governor, in council, to take up the same upon Some delegates favored the immediate formation of a new state, while others argued that, as Virginia's secession had not yet been ratified or become effective, such action would constitute revolution against the United States. This historic period changed the way of living extends from a little before the 18th century Virginia and Pennsylvania region North American fur trade beginning on the Eastern Panhandle of the state. Skip ahead a few decades until after the Civil War. I-II) -- Genealogy of some early families in Grant and Pleasant districts, Preston County, West Virginia -- Greenbrier pioneers and their homes / by Ruth Woods Dayton -- Roane County, West Virginia families / by William H. Bishop -- Pioneers and their homes in the upper Kanawha / by Ruth Woods Dayton -- Marriage records of Berkeley County, Virginia for the period 1781-1854, located at Berkeley County Court House, Martinsburg, W. Va. / compiled and edited by Guy L. Keesecker -- Mason County, West Virginia, marriages, 1806-1915 / compiled and edited by Julie Chapin Hesson, Sherman Gene Hesson & Jane J. Russell -- Early records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia / compiled by Clara McCormack Sage and Laura Sage Jones -- West Virginia estate settlements : an index to wills, inventories, appraisements, land grants, and surveys to 1850 / compiled by Ross B. Johnson -- West Virginia revolutionary ancestors : whose services were non-military, and whose names, therefore, do not appear in Revolutionary indexes of soldiers and sailors / compiled by Anne Waller Ready -- West Virginians in the American Revolution / compiled by Ross B. Johnson -- The Soldiery of West Virginia : in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolution, the later Indian wars, the Whiskey Insurrection, the second war with England, the War with Mexico, and addenda relating to West Virginia in the Civil War / the whole compiled from authentic sources by Virgil Anson Lewis. Settlers increasingly branched out along the eastern coast, but it was not until the early eighteenth century that pioneers began pushing into West Virginia itself. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. The first Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia arrived in the 1720's primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern Virginia. The Virginia Colony became the wealthiest and most populated British colony in North America. However, if the C&O and N&W presidents thought they could thus kill the Page project, they were to be proved mistaken. Family tree maker's family archives. The Jamestown settlement, established in 1607, was the seat of England's first permanent colony in North America. a large number of other grants to others, "designed to be Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s This database is comprised of fourteen books. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to William Jay 100 Morgan Morgan (November 1, 1688-November 17, 1766) is traditionally considered the first white settler of West Virginia. 270. FamilySearch makes every effort to enable access dependent on decisions of record custodians and applicable laws. [38] Slavery was officially abolished by West Virginia on February 3, 1865. 3000 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Morgan, 1000 Eight shires were designated, each with its own local officers. Then, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, more land started to be cleared to build early forts and then towns as more settlers arrived. These were Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren. They were adopted into the Seneca as a reward and settled in Randolph County, calling themselves the Blackfoot Senecas, though a great many Saponi stayed behind and were later incorporated into the Iroquois by other means. Mr. Carskadon confirmed this and added that only 39 were the votes of citizens of the state." During the late 19th and early 20th century, West Virginia saw its population grow, due in large part to the economic job opportunities provided by the coal and logging industries. During this expedition the pair followed the New River and discovered Kanawha Falls. purchasers of Hite, of the 40,000 acres, he obtained from Van grant, it is said, that it is designed to be included in a Cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. Rakes (2008) examines coal mine fatalities in the state in the first half of the 20th century before safety regulations were strictly enforced in the 1960s. This push, however, would soon provoke conflict, both with Native Americans already living in the area and with the French who also believed they held claim to the land. acres purchased by the said Jost Hire from Isaac and John Van Updated: Feb 27, 2023 / 11:55 PM CST. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. Granville Parker, originally from Massachusetts and a member of the convention, described the scene "I discovered on that occasion as I never had before, the mysterious and over-powering influence 'the peculiar institution' had on men otherwise sane and reliable. Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. not the first settlers. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II,", Link, William A. "West Virginia Women in World War II: The Role of Gender, Class, and Race in Shaping Wartime Volunteer Efforts,". Many settlers crossed the mountains after 1750, though they were hindered by Native American resistance. Genealogical records. 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In 1863, General John D. Imboden, with 5,000 Confederate soldiers, overran a considerable portion of the state. Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 18:31. In 1774, the Crown Governor of Virginia, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, led a force over the mountains, and a body of militia under Colonel Andrew Lewis dealt the Shawnee Indians under Cornstalk a crushing blow at the junction of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, in the Battle of Point Pleasant. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Bryant, 1250 On March 24. However, repeatedly John L. Lewis called his United Mine Workers union out on strike, defying the government, outraging public opinion, and strengthening the hand of anti-union Congressmen. [24] It was this June Convention which drafted the statehood resolution. [26], At first the Wheeling politicians controlled only a small part of West Virginia. "A Reappraisal of Statehood Politics in West Virginia". It called for the gradual emancipation of slaves based on age after July 4, 1863. Months later upon his arrival, the new Petersburg manager, Chester Mace, was shown the curious novelty. and these survey were assigned by Hite to those who purchased of In this It is known that in 1732, that Jost Hite with They also raised domestic turkeys and kept dogs as pets. 1734, Grant to Daniel Burnett, 490 Remnants of the Mound Builder=s civilization have been found throughout West Virginia, with a high concentration of artifacts located at Moundsville, West Virginia, in Marshall County. Luptons. Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, Second Wheeling Convention, August 16, 1861, quoted in Virgil Lewis, "How West Virginia Was Made", pg. included in a county to be called the county of Orange, being Arthur Laidley, elected to the General Assembly from Cabell County, attended the June Convention but refused to take part. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. First colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina and a participant in Bacon's Rebellion. Although, there were those who would acculturate within the historic as sometimes called Fireside Cabin culture. The population was not homogeneous, as a considerable part of the immigration came by way of Pennsylvania and included Germans, Protestant Scotch-Irish, and settlers from the states farther north. list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the (Erik Marmor/Flash90) On Monday, Elan Ganeles, 27, was shot to death while driving near the . Served as Lt. Gov. Early Settlement in the Eastern Panhandle The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. Trading posts were established at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers at Point Pleasant, West Virginia where, in the mid 1780s, Daniel Boone resided for several years. Today, the zoological facility is of 338-acre (1.37km2) modern Wildlife Center under the direction of the Division of Natural Resources. Various game animals and now protected birds were raised for conservation repopulating or control reasons throughout the state. On April 27, 1738, dated to Farming to them was not only a means of earning a living, but also a way of life" a way of living.. Laidly, Esq., who has devoted much study to the subject. ], This page was last updated Tuesday, 16-Jun-2015 10:52:10 EDT. [20] In secessionist counties where a poll was conducted it was by military intervention. settlement of Quakers in another vicinity, viz: the Perkinses, That Convention had offered the people of the State at least the form of a vote, and the Northwest at least had a full and free expression; and now they proposed to cut off Eastern Virginia without even the form of a vote. They were: These counties served as the primary foundation for governing for many years in early Colonial Virginia, until the colonies agreed many years later to form what now is the United States of America. 1732, this part of the country settled up very rapidly, and the The Early Settlers. "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." After the war, with the new railroads came a practical method to transport large quantities of coal to expanding U.S. and export markets. part of the forty thousand acres purchased by Jost Hite from Ashby, West Virginia's mines were considered so unsafe that immigration officials would not recommend them as a source of employment for immigrants, and those unskilled immigrants who did work in the coal mines were more susceptible to death or injury. in Council, to take up the same, upon certain conditions therein [46], Mike Shingleton of the Division of Natural Resources explained the Centennial Golden Trout evolution. Lt. Indiana, Curry, Richard Orr. The members of the May Convention were chosen by groups of Unionists, mostly in the far Northwestern counties. Then follows Fairfax's daughter Anne married Warner Washington, 1st cousin of President George Washginton, Served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 until 1749, named, Father of Patrick Henry, American Founding Father. Kanawha salt production followed by coal and timber could be seen on the waterways. of early settlements and land grants in West Virginia by W. S. The rugged nature of the country made slavery unprofitable, and time only increased the social, political, economic, and cultural differences .mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}(see Tuckahoe-Cohee) between the two sections of Virginia. acres. Bowman, 100 During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, a growing demand for beaver sent trappers up and down the Kanawha region's tributary creeks by canoe and raft. As tobacco emerged as a profitable export, Virginia imported more Africans to cultivate it and hardened boundaries of slavery. [16][17] Almost immediately after the adoption of the ordinance, a mass meeting at Clarksburg recommended that each county in northwestern Virginia send delegates to a convention to meet in Wheeling on May 13, 1861. Among its many products, the shipyard began building ocean-going ships, known as colliers, to transport coal to other eastern ports (notably in New England) and overseas. Much of the northern panhandle and north-central portion of the state are underlain by bedded salt deposits over 50 feet (15m) thick. acres, October 3, 1754, Grant to William Vestal, 285 Meter, who had obtained orders of our said Lieutenant-Governor, Small farmers, however, had all their assets, animals, and land taxed at full value. 1863-1889 Plats and surveys FS Library film 462959. In 1863, the western region was admitted to the Union as a new separate state, initially planned to be called the State of Kanawha, but ultimately named West Virginia. General George B. McClellan's forces gained possession of the greater part of the territory in the summer of 1861. It shares a sister city with the same name, Bluefield, in Virginia. Its composition was just as irregular. Hollingsworth, 472 acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to John Welton, 442 Former West Virginia Governor William A. MacCorkle described him as a man who knew the land "as a farmer knows a field." Hunt, Christian Blank. Despite local support for Virginia, residents who actually filled out ballots voted overwhelmingly to place both counties in West Virginia. The "capital" of the Pocahontas coalfield, this city would remain the largest city in the southern portion of the state for several decades. gotten at this day. [23] The other delegates to the June Convention were "chosen even more irregularly-some in mass meetings, others by county committee, and still others were seemingly self-appointed". In the northern portion of the state and elsewhere, the older Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) and other lines also expanded to take advantage of coal opportunities as well. Such works include historical information on a building and genealogical information on its inhabitants. A long list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the time. It is rare One of the silent partner investors Page had enlisted was millionaire industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers, a principal in John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust and an old hand at developing natural resources, transportation. Given these differences, many in the west had long contemplated a separate state. Among the numerous investors were Charles Pratt and New York City mayor Abram S. Hewitt, whose father-in-law, Peter Cooper, had been a key man in earlier development of the anthracite coal regions centered in eastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey. Gradually, settlers drifted farther down the Ohio River into present southern Indiana and Illinois; population generally followed the Ohio and the Wabash Rivers. The first two English women arrived in 1608. People line the street outside of the funeral of Elan Ganeles, 27, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen from West Hartford, Connecticut, in Raanana, Israel, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Neither the land grant or the Swiss colony ever materialized. Following are the traditional Archaic sub-periods; Early (80006000 BC), Middle (60004000 BC), and Late (40001000 BC). acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, Their living characteristics were more of a heritage from the Woodland Indians.[7]. note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick By 2000, the state's improved economy seemed to be contributing to a reversal of nearly four decades of population losses. Wilson, Jno. In the early 20th century, West Virginia coal was also under high demand at Great Lakes ports on Lake Erie. Slaves under the age of 12 years were not taxed and slaves over that age were taxed at only $300, a fraction of their true value. Elk Branch Presbyterian Church 1790 Hampshire County Militia Opequon Creek is tributary of the Potomac River. Governor Alexander Spotswood is sometimes credited with taking his 1716 "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition" into what is now Pendleton County, although according to contemporary accounts, Spotswood's trail went no farther west than Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is one of the longest rivers in West Virginia. Since the mid-20th century, West Virginia has experienced population declines due in large part to its citizens leaving for opportunities elsewhere. These shires were renamed as counties only a few years later. Bands of guerrillas burned and plundered in some sections, and were not entirely suppressed until after the war was ended. In addition, the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 18291830 gave the slave-owning counties the benefit of three-fifths of their slave population in apportioning representation in the Virginia Assembly. Youll find a list of all Revolutionary War soldiers who ever lived in West Virginia and an index to civilians who participated in the War effort. where he was not known. In 1630, under the governorship of John Harvey, the first settlement on the York River was founded. acres, October 3. August 1734, Grant to Rus Smith, 150 acres, dated 3 October 1734, Grant to Isaac Pennington, This wall stretched across the peninsula between the York and James rivers and protected the settlements on the eastern side of the lower Peninsula from Indians. A little over one month later, Kanawha was renamed West Virginia. 1738 but was not organized until 1743, Grant to John Smith, 420 Waddell's First Families of Early Augusta County Scott's List of Orange County Importations By royal charter, the extreme western boundaries of Virginia at this time extended to the Pacific Ocean, but the terms "backcountry" or "back settlements" specifically refer to new settlements in the eastern Appalachian . Youll also find an exhaustive compilation of the states earliest marriages and, in an interesting twist on genealogical record keeping, two volumes of genealogical and architectural histories. Generally, catalog entries are written in the same language as the original record they describe. acres, on South side of the Cohongolulu, dated 3 October This database is comprised of fourteen books. The Virginia General Assembly repealed the act of cession and in 1866 brought suit against West Virginia asking the court to declare the two counties a part of Virginia. In 1829, a constitutional convention met in Richmond to consider reforms to Virginia's outdated constitution. October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 Daniel Polsley, Lt. and 1750 and the following are those for whom For the western areas, problems included the distance from the state seat of government in Richmond and the difference of common economic interests resultant from the tobacco and food crops farming, fishing, and coastal shipping to the east of the Eastern Continental Divide (waters which drain to the Atlantic Ocean) along the Allegheny Mountains, and the interests of the western portion which drained to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Gulf of Mexico. The VGN and the N&W ultimately became parts of the modern Norfolk Southern system, and the VGN's well-engineered 20th-century tracks continue to offer a favorable gradient to Hampton Roads. was Col. James Wood, afterwards Clerk of the Court of Frederick, of Militia in Accomack County, a contemporary of. [39], In recent years, there has been serious talk about the possibility of certain counties in the Eastern Panhandle rejoining the Commonwealth of Virginia. The commission established the French Creek Game Farm in 1923. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. From that small batch of hatchlings he named it "Little Camouflage". he made such surveys, viz: From Norris "[37] Instead of Rev. 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 1748 - George Washington surveyed land in West Virginia. 1738 the Varices, Glasses, Hoges, Wilsons, Frys, Also within the region is the Laurentian Archaic Tradition, which includes Brewerton Phase, Feeley Phase, Dunlop Phase, McKibben Phase, Genesee Phase, Stringtown/Satchel Phase, Satchel Phase and Lamoka/Dustin Phase. Hite. Paul H. Rakes, "West Virginia Coal Mine Fatalities: The Subculture of Danger and a Statistical Overview of the Pre-enforcement Era,", Rob Silvester, West Virginia State Wildlife Center: A Century of Conservation and Education, WVDNR, 2010, Pamela Edwards, "West Virginia Women in World War II: The Role of Gender, Class, and Race in Shaping Wartime Volunteer Efforts,", Sam F. Stack, Jr., "Implementing 'Brown' V. 'Board Of Education' In West Virginia: The 'Southern School News' Reports,", Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Virginia Constitutional Convention of 18291830, Virginia Constitutional Convention of 185051, List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union. is a list of grantees of lands conveyed by Jost Hite and Soon after this, white settlers began moving into the Greater Shenandoah-Potomac Valley making up the entire eastern portion of the state. Disputes about the exact location of the border in some of the northern mountain reaches between Loudoun County, Virginia and Jefferson County, West Virginia continued well into the 20th century. County Voters, Property Surveyed by George Washington were all At the Constitutional Convention on December 14, 1861, the issue of slavery was raised by Rev. 1730 there were It met at Wheeling on July 1, 1861, filled the remainder of the state offices, completed the reorganization of the state government, and elected two United States senators who were quickly seated in Washington. 15, page 276. acres, October 3, 1734. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730. Some 700,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The following years saw a significant growth of visitors. Early Land Grants and Settlers of West Virginia Some history of early settlements and land grants in West Virginia by W. S. Laidly, Esq., who has devoted much study to the subject. Early railroads, shipping to East Coast and Great Lakes, New competitor helps open "Billion Dollar Coalfield", The West Virginia Statewide, Historic Preservation Plan 20092014, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. [50] 711 of the state's citizens died during the war. In 1748, Thomas, Lord Fairfax sent speak by the records of those that were among the earliest, if Those not voting were Thomas Maslin of Hardy County and Benjamin Wilson of Harrison County. Therefore, since the Secession Convention had been called by the legislature and not the people, all its acts were illegal. In spite of sexism, racism, and class distinctions that women faced in volunteering, thousands responded to the national war effort. 1762 - The oldest town in West Virginia, Shepherdstown, is founded. Early historic tribes living within or routinely hunting and trading within the state include Calicuas later mixed in colonial north-western Virginia-Pennsylvania at the time as popular termed Cherokee, Mohetans, Rickohockans from ancient Nation du Chat area, Monetons and Monecaga or Monacan, Tomahitans or Yuchi-Occaneechi, Tuscarora or mixed broad termed Mingoe & Canawagh or Kanawhas (Chiroenhaka),[8] Oniasantkeronons or Tramontane of the proto-historic southerly Neutral Nation trade empire (element Nation du Chat), Shattera or Tutelo, Ouabano or Mohican-Delaware, Chaouanon or Shawnee, Cheskepe or Shawnee-Yuchi, Loupe (Captina Island historic mix, Lanape & Powhatan), Tionontatacaga and Little Mingoe (Guyandottes), Massawomeck and later mixed as Mohawk, Susquesahanock or White Minqua later mixed Mingoes and Arrigahaga or Black Minqua of the Nation du Chat and proto-historic Neutral Nation trade empire. West Virginia suffragists worked at supporting the agendas put forward by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the National Association of Colored Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the 1890s through the early part of the 20th century. The Wheeling Convention, which had taken a recess until August 6, 1861, reassembled on August 20, 1861, and called for a popular vote on the formation of a new state and for a convention to frame a constitution if the vote should be favorable. For practical purposes, the Adena is Early Woodland period according to West Virginia University's Dr. Edward V. McMichael,[4] also among the 1963 Geological Survey. Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our . Orange in 1734 During the American Revolution, the movement to create a state west of the Alleghenies was revived and a petition for the establishment of "Westsylvania" was presented to Congress, on the grounds that the mountains presented an almost impassable barrier to the east. Reasons why microfilms may not yet be available digitally on FamilySearch.org include: FamilySearch Terms of Use (Updated 2021-09-27) | Privacy Notice (Updated 2021-04-06), 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states. with Indians, with few of the conveniences of civilization, acres, 21 August 1734, Grant to Henry Willis, 2030 1735, Grant to Alexander Ross, 2373 Within the Mountain State, these tribal villages can be characterized as rather small and scattered as they moved about the old fields every couple of generations. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. Besides the well-publicized mine disasters that killed a number of miners at a time, there were many smaller episodes in which one or two miners lost their lives. the West Virginia Historical Society and there may be more. The earliest visits to the area were conducted primarily by English and Spanish explorers. others that then in 1732 that came, but their However, the federal Constitution did not allow a new state to be created out of an existing state unless the existing state gave its consent. Unemployment ended as the mines, railroads, mills and factories worked overtime to create the "Arsenal of Democracy" that supplied the munitions to win the war. More women, children, and family groups began arriving in 1609. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (16071776) and the western part of the U.S. state of Virginia (17761863). 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