acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Geo. Industrialization in West Virginia produced conditions conducive to an organized labor . 3000 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Morgan, 1000 [William and Mary Quarterly] ADAMS, Thomas (in Virginia shortly before 1664), Isle of Wight county; brother of William Adams, of Kenton, Devon. ", Corbin, David Alan. The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. Governor of Virginia in 1710, founded the first Germanna Colony in 1714. In 1872, under the leadership of Samuel Price, former Lt. Cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. It called for the gradual emancipation of slaves based on age after July 4, 1863. acres. Great Grandfather of Pres. Harris. Wilson, Jno. The backcountry frontier of colonial Virginia reached westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the farthest extent of Virginia settlement in the eighteenth century. On August 22, 1872, an entirely new constitution was adopted. By S.C. Shaw, 1878.] 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]. is not now our purpose to continue here this discussion, but to The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. After early attempts by Spain to establish a colony in the 1570's were abandoned, permanent European settlement did not occur until the establishment of Jamestown in 1607, by English colonists. Paleo-Indian culture appears by 10,500 BC in West Virginia passing along the major river valleys and ridge-line gap watersheds. Most of the opposition came from delegates from eastern counties, who did not like the compromises made for the west.[14]. Jefferson in 1801. The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (18611865). If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Frustrated by bad economic conditions and what they perceive to be neglect from the Charleston government, this movement has gained at least some momentum. acres, October 3, 1734. Many ancient earthen mounds constructed by various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the areas of Moundsville, South Charleston, and Romney. The logging industry furthered the river shipping industry. The diary kept by Washington indicates that there were already many squatters, largely of German origin, along the South Branch. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, Curry, Richard Orr. He explains as industry developed in the region, the people of West Virginia saw a need for wildlife conservation. The opening statement on the Early Land Grant page, is from the It will be noticed that there were deeds organized in 1743, where it would be supposed that deeds would This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after After its new President Frederick J. Kimball and a small party journeyed by horseback and saw firsthand the rich bituminous coal seam (which Kimball's wife named "Pocahontas," the N&W redirected its planned westward expansion to reach it. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Paul Williams, 270 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. From that small batch of hatchlings he named it "Little Camouflage". 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. Soon after the Union government declared that the Restored Government was the legitimate government of the Commonwealth, the Restored Government asserted its authority to give such approval. ], This page was last updated Tuesday, 16-Jun-2015 10:52:10 EDT. County was formed in 1720 Harron, Geo. Building the Virginian Railway cost $40 million by the time it was completed in 1909. was made to Hite and Hite had the surveys made, and the surveyor The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. The property of Confederates might be confiscated, and, in 1866, a constitutional amendment disfranchising all who had given aid and comfort to the Confederacy was adopted. Original Home of Col. John Evans, Morgantown, W. Va. Group Poses with Fairfax Stone, Tucker County, W. Va. WVU Libraries West Virginia About 1714, Morgan met and married Catherine Garretson, with whom he had nine children. In addition to differences over the abolition of slavery, he and allies felt the Virginia government ignored and refused to spend funds on needed internal improvements in the west, such as turnpikes and railroads.[15]. High Sheriff and Capt. It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. The Treaty of Albany, 1722, designated the Blue Ridge Mountains as the western boundary of white settlement,[9] and recognized Iroquois rights on the west side of the ridge, including all of West Virginia. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of these records, including: 1748-1912 Land grants arranged by counties FS Library film 521685, first of 56 films. The 1744 Treaty of Lancaster had left ambiguous whether the Iroquois had sold only as far as the Alleghenies, or all their claim south of the Ohio, including the rest of modern West Virginia. A number of riverside locations were used for early Industrial Revolution production. Luptons. All give reference to Virginia. [50] 711 of the state's citizens died during the war. It Frederick was established by law in 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. acres purchased by the said Jost Hire from Isaac and John Van In a referendum on May 23, 1861, secession was ratified by a large majority in the state as a whole. Its composition was just as irregular. An application for admission to the Union was made to Congress. [William and Mary Quarterly] JONES, Cadwallader (in Virginia 1681), Stafford County . 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. recorded in Orange County, before the county of Frederick was Likewise, St. Albans, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers, became a point of trade. Win. Morgan ap Morgan, a Welshman, built a cabin near present-day Bunker Hill in Berkeley County in 1727. 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. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. names are not known. Survey of Early Settlers on Patterson Creek; Wilmer L. KERNS' Early Settlers of Patterson's Creek - Map and List; Early Religious Migration, Additional Sources Latest update: Monday, October 8, 2012. The Constitutional Convention met in November 1861, and consisted of 61 members. A most remarkable thing, for a boy However, federal forces soon drove the Confederates out of most of West Virginia.[27]. Christopher Gist, a surveyor for the first Ohio Company, which was composed chiefly of Virginians, explored the country along the Ohio River north of the mouth of the Kanawha River in 1751 and 1752. Social conditions in western Virginia were entirely unlike those in the eastern portion of the state. acres, 21 August 1734, Grant to Henry Willis, 2030 [41], West Virginia was forested. Lieutenant-Governor, in council, to take up the same upon They found it largely unoccupied, apart from Tuscaroras who had lately moved into the area around Martinsburg, WV, some Shawnee villages in the region around Moorefield, WV and Winchester, VA, and frequent passing bands of "Northern Indians" (Lenape from New Jersey) and "Southern Indians" (Catawba from South Carolina) who were engaged in a bitter long-distance war, using the Valley as a battleground. Former West Virginia Governor William A. MacCorkle described him as a man who knew the land "as a farmer knows a field." "[32] Many private citizens were arrested by federal authorities at the request of Wheeling and interned in prison camps, most notably Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. The wall also served to contain cattle. [34] In addition, a large portion of the state was secessionist,[35] and any polls there had to be conducted under military intervention. As those mines were playing out by the end of the 19th century, these men were among investors and industrialists who focused new interest on the largely untapped coal resources of West Virginia. By 1900, only a large area of the most rugged terrain of southern West Virginia was any distance from the existing railroads and mining activity. However, if the C&O and N&W presidents thought they could thus kill the Page project, they were to be proved mistaken. They grew sunflowers, tubers, gourds, squash and several seeds such as lambsquarter, may grass, sumpweed, smartweed and little barley cereals. He was a merchant tailor and coroner and achieved enough . There has [18] It was decided that if the ordinance were adopted (of which there was little doubt) another convention including the members-elect of the legislature should meet at Wheeling in June 1861. Adena villages can be characterized as rather large compared to Late Prehistoric tribes. The constitutionality of the new state was achieved when the Unionist government of Virginia approved the division. Arthur Laidley, elected to the General Assembly from Cabell County, attended the June Convention but refused to take part. When the First Wheeling Convention met, 425 delegates from 25 counties were present, but a division of sentiment soon arose. been some discussion on this subject through the publications of 1995-2022 Ancestral Findings, LLC. Family stories recount the arrival in the late 1700s of brothers Benjamin and Jeremiah, who, along with their mother, were the first settlers on the upper waters of the Elk River . acres, dated 3 October 1734, Grant to Isaac Pennington, [22] The May Convention resolved to meet again in June 1861 should the Ordinance of Secession be ratified by public poll on May 23, 1861, which was the case. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Taylor, 200 During the American Civil War, West Virginia suffered comparatively little. Waddell's First Families of Early Augusta County Scott's List of Orange County Importations The instrument was ratified on April 11, 1862, with 18,162 votes for and 514 against. In the late 18th century, the steel trap increased efficiency, and beaver became scarce. The completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) westerly across the state from Richmond, Virginia to the new city of Huntington on the Ohio River in 1872 opened access to the New River Coalfield. Institution. A horse-drawn logging "tram" with a special block and tackle for hill-side harvesting was brought into use, allowing expansion of Crooked Creek and the opening of a wooden barrel plant at the creek's mouth. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607-1776) and the western part of the U.S. state of Virginia (1776-1863). Returns from some counties were as low as 5%, e.g. This document, drafted by former state senator John S. Carlile, declared that the Virginia Declaration of Rights required any substantial change in the nature or form of the state government to be approved by the people. In this You must also have either version 3.02 or higher of Family Tree Maker for Windows or Macintosh, or, version 3.02 or higher of the Family Archive Viewer. Buffalo were included in 1954 and attracted additional visitors. Hite, David Vance, Jas. A master at competitive "warfare", Henry Rogers did not like to lose in his endeavors, and also had "deep pockets". The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to David Perkins, 519 Of the 49 delegates from the future state of West Virginia, 17 voted in favor, and 30 voted against, and two abstained. The Jamestown settlement, established in 1607, was the seat of England's first permanent colony in North America. "Crisis Politics in West Virginia, 18611870," in Richard O. Curry ed., Engle, Stephen D. "Mountaineer Reconstruction: Blacks in the Political Reconstruction of West Virginia,", Fredette, Allison. [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". Genealogical records. A shift to exporting the state's other natural resources began. With only 21 followers, in October of 1859 he took hostages and freed slaves in Harpers Ferry, at that time in Virginia. It shares a sister city with the same name, Bluefield, in Virginia. It is rare that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be gotten at this day. Updated: Feb 27, 2023 / 11:55 PM CST. Peuter, Thos. If you are using a computer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, you may use this database by clicking here. Despite local support for Virginia, residents who actually filled out ballots voted overwhelmingly to place both counties in West Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after king James I. During this expedition the pair followed the New River and discovered Kanawha Falls. The following 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. Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. Representation in the house of delegates was apportioned on the basis of the census of 1850, counting whites only. The grant eventually came into the possession of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and in 1746 a stone was erected at the source of the North Branch Potomac River to mark the western limit of the grant. As tobacco emerged as a profitable export, Virginia imported more Africans to cultivate it and hardened boundaries of slavery. As a result, both English and French built forts throughout West Virginia and Pennsylvania and this area would become the main battlefields of the French and Indian War. The settlement of present-day West Virginia began in the mid-1700s, when Scotch-Irish and German settlers from Pennsylvania came to the area that is now Berkeley and Greenbriar counties. Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia (p. 22). [38] Slavery was officially abolished by West Virginia on February 3, 1865. 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. Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database. In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. Such works include historical information on a building and genealogical information on its inhabitants. 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