acres, 12 November 1735. organized in 1743, where it would be supposed that deeds would At the Constitutional Convention on December 14, 1861, the issue of slavery was raised by Rev. [26], At first the Wheeling politicians controlled only a small part of West Virginia. Hoge, Abraham Barretts, Neets, Dillons, Fawcetts 500 acres, dated 3 October, 1734, Grant to Richard Pendall, 300 This unique collection of family and local histories, marriage records, military records, and court records references approximately 200,000 individuals. This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after others that then in 1732 that came, but their ", Virgil Lewis "How West Virginia Was Made", pgs. After the war, with the new railroads came a practical method to transport large quantities of coal to expanding U.S. and export markets. back to that date, beyond question with the further question, of 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. 20 Aug. 1734, see Grant Book No. Women volunteered for farm and home economics training programs, United Service Organizations (USO) clubs that provided entertainment and assistance to servicemen, salvage campaigns to produce steel scrap, and civil defense training that taught first aid and emergency response techniques. 19th century steamboats were built and repaired in Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant and Mason City. Buffalo were included in 1954 and attracted additional visitors. [49], During the Vietnam War a total of 36,578 West Virginians served, with most beginning as teenagers. Many settlers crossed the mountains after 1750, though they were hindered by Native American resistance. 1776 - People in the region petition the Congress to create a 14th state called Westsylvania, but it is denied. Former West Virginia Governor William A. MacCorkle described him as a man who knew the land "as a farmer knows a field." Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. The Film/Digital Notes contain a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers. When the statehood bill reached Congress, however, the lack of an emancipation clause prompted opposition from Senator Charles Sumner and Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio. Meter, who had obtained orders of our said Lieutenant-Governor, Small farmers, however, had all their assets, animals, and land taxed at full value. At this time, West Virginia had nearly 70,000 qualified voters, and the May 23, 1861 vote to secede had drawn nearly 54,000 voters. In the late 18th century, the steel trap increased efficiency, and beaver became scarce. Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. 1 In 1632, the Virginia legislature voted to build a fort to link Jamestown and the York River settlement of Chiskiack and protect the colony from Indian attacks. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Benjamin Harden, l Nonetheless, West Virginia was considered the frontier for quite some time. Skip ahead a few decades until after the Civil War. 1730 there were 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. Many of the first settlers were wealthy English gentlemen, but the list of first settlers also included laborers, bricklayers, carpenters, a blacksmith, barber, tailor, and a preacher. an 1863 Copperhead editorial condemning the US Congress for accepting West Virginia as a state. If you are using a computer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, you may use this database by clicking here. [5] Little is known about the housing of Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods, but Woodland Indians lived in wigwams. Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s This database is comprised of fourteen books. The qualifying FIRST SETTLER ancestor needed for FSSV membership is a person who resided in an area that is located in present-day Shenandoah Valley before 31 December 1799. not the first settlers. Branson, 1370 Locals forced him to take refuge in the Armory firehouse, later called "John Brown's Fort"; a unit of U.S. Marines led by Robert E. Lee stormed the firehouse and took Brown prisoner, almost killing him. The diary kept by Washington indicates that there were already many squatters, largely of German origin, along the South Branch. with Indians, with few of the conveniences of civilization, 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. A long list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the time. The West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association under the leadership of President Mrs. John L. Ruhl and WVESA Ratification Committee chair Lenna Lowe Yost created a "living petition" of suffragists who greeted and personally lobbied each legislator as they prepared to vote. Their descendants, who were legion, seventeenth day of June, 1730. A delegate representing Logan County was accepted as a member of this body, though he did not live in Logan County, and his "credentials consisted of a petition signed by fifteen persons representing six families". 1735, Grant to Alexander Ross, 2373 Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1635-1637. sixteen families went into the Shenandoah Valley and from that The first Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia arrived in the 1720's primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern Virginia. patent or grant of land west of the Blue Ridge was made to Jost is not now our purpose to continue here this discussion, but to is a list of grantees of lands conveyed by Jost Hite and The population consisted almost entirely of farmers seeking land upon which they could build a home and produce a living. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Slaughter, There was another of Jamaica 1728-1734. Also are the Buffalo Phase, Transitional Archaic Phase, Transitional Period Culture and Central Ohio Valley Archaic Phase. Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, Second Wheeling Convention, August 16, 1861, quoted in Virgil Lewis, "How West Virginia Was Made", pg. The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. The Constitutional Convention met in November 1861, and consisted of 61 members. 1734, Grant to John Van Meter, 885 The composition of all three Wheeling Conventions, the May (First) Convention, the June (Second) Convention, and the Constitutional Convention, was of an irregular nature. Other significant rail carriers of coal were the Western Maryland Railway (WM), particularly notable was a latecomer, the Virginian Railway (VGN), built in an extraordinary manner to the latest and highest standards and completed in 1909. To note, it took the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplished on December 6, 1865, to abolish slavery nationwide. Ashby, note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick 1748 - George Washington surveyed land in West Virginia. The first two English women arrived in 1608. "A Reappraisal of Statehood Politics in West Virginia". Grant to Peter Woolf, 600 whether there was others there before that date, unsettled. In secret, but lawful collusion (in an era before U.S. antitrust laws were enacted), each declined to negotiate favorable rates with Page, nor did they offer to purchase his railroad, as they had many other short-lines. On June 15, 1607 the fleet commander Captain Christopher Newport will return to England leaving 104 settlers. The settlers listed below were all considered very important to the establishment of government and were significant in the historical impact on Colonial Virginia: The following persons were among the prominent first families that immigrated to Colonial Virginia in the 1600's-early 1700's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Virginia, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108283.html, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Colonial_Virginia, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, Was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1693, 1696, 1699, and one of the committee in 1700 reporting a revision of the laws which were approved by the General Assembly in 1705, Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1768-1770, Was a fur trader and served in the House of Burgesses. The Virginia Colony became the wealthiest and most populated British colony in North America. Settlements established in present-day Virginia by 1799: Great Grandfather of Pres. give, are as follows: There were The addition of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution caused a reaction, the Democratic Party secured control in 1870, and in 1871, the Constitutional Amendment of 1866 was abrogated. Coal transloading facilities were developed at several points, notably Toledo, Ohio. Neither the land grant or the Swiss colony ever materialized. George Washington. The Class 1 railroad came to be known as the "Richest Little Railroad in the World.". History of the James River and Kanawha Company By Wayland Fuller Dunaway. Early West Virginia settlers, 1600s-1900s Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Compact Disc Language: English Publication: [S.l.] John Brown (18001859), an abolitionist who saw slavery as a sin against God, led a successful anti-slavery movement in Kansas (see Bleeding Kansas), and hoped to strike a decisive blow against Southern slavery, creating a massive "underground railroad"type project, in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, that would assist the enslaved in running away and becoming free. This fort would become Middle Plantation and later Williamsburg, Virginia. 1734, Grant to William Jasper, 62 In 1630, under the governorship of John Harvey, the first settlement on the York River was founded. The vote was further compromised by the presence of an undetermined number of non-resident soldier votes.[36]. HAWARA, West Bank (AP) A suspected Palestinian gunman on Monday shot and killed an Israeli motorist in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in a . county to be called Orange, being part of the forty thousand 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. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II,", Link, William A. he made such surveys, viz: From Norris McKay, and Abraham Hite in 1744. lauds of John Mills and _____ Hobzson, dated 12 November "[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. 828 acres, October 3, 1734. County Voters, Property Surveyed by George Washington were all [46], Mike Shingleton of the Division of Natural Resources explained the Centennial Golden Trout evolution. Contents: Genealogies of West Virginia families : from the West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, 1901-1905 -- Cabell County annals and families / George Selden Wallace -- Capon Valley : its pioneers and their descendants, 1648 to 1940 / by Maud Pugh (vols. 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). Mine accidents were considered inevitable, and mine safety did not appreciably improve the situation because of lax enforcement. Contemporaneously to Fort Ancient Tradition southerly of the state, the sister culture called Monongahela is found on the northerly of the Mountain State stemming from the Drew Tradition. 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. "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states. Middle-class women made up the majority of volunteers; many programs were not open to African American and lower-class white women. acres, on Opeckon Run, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to Neil Thompson, 139 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. Most of the opposition came from delegates from eastern counties, who did not like the compromises made for the west.[14]. recorded in Orange County, before the county of Frederick was August 1734, Grant to Rus Smith, 150 In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. Dorarfe, Geo. 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. Even in some counties that had voted against secession, such as Wayne and Cabell, it was necessary to send in Union soldiers.[21]. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Taylor, 200 During the war, the settlers in western Virginia were generally active Whigs and many served in the Continental Army. Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. NOTE. Served as Deputy Governor of the Colony of Virginia 1627-1629. Illinois and Missouri. In the Fort Ancient period, Indians lived in much larger poled rectangular shaped houses with walls hide covered. Wilson, Jno. 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. and others. Even before the American Civil War, counties in northwest Virginia had desired to break away from Virginia to form a new state. [42] Small pockets of virgin forest remain at Gaudineer Scenic Area and Cathedral State Park.[43]. 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. 1734, Grant to Daniel Burnett, 490 In Feb., 1739, to Hendery Efforts to block Page and Rogers through many legal tactics and even several violent confrontations ultimately failed. ], [Webmasters 1860-1875 Land sales FS Library film 558437-558440. However, federal forces soon drove the Confederates out of most of West Virginia.[27]. 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. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. of Militia in Accomack County, a contemporary of. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Morris, 378 Despite this tax and the lack of internal improvements in the west, the vote was 75,748 for and 11,063 against the new Constitution. 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. During this expedition the pair followed the New River and discovered Kanawha Falls. After a failed attempt to include woman suffrage as a state constitutional amendment in 1916, pro-suffrage Governor John J. Cornwell included the ratification of the federal amendment for woman suffrage in the agenda for a special legislative session in February 1920. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Morgan, 290 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. Other Early Settlers [Source documents noted] ADAMS, Ebenezer (d. 1735) New Kent county; son of Richard Adams, of Abridge, Essex, citizen and merchant tailor of London. The Wildlife and Fish Commission was created in 1921. 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. First colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina and a participant in Bacon's Rebellion. Second or third sons went out to the colonies to make their fortune, or entered the military and the clergy. West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action was Col. James Wood, afterwards Clerk of the Court of Frederick, Early settlers like people of German descent started to arrive in the 1700s. [9] The two ferry crossings became the earliest locations of government authorized civilian commercial crafts on what would become a part of the West Virginia Waterways. Wiseman, James Vance, Peter Make, Jacob Hite, John 1738 but was not organized until 1743, Grant to John Smith, 420 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. 15, page 276. Nisoranger, Thos. Hollingsworth, 472 acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to John Welton, 442 The First Settlers. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. A shift to exporting the state's other natural resources began. High Sheriff and Capt. acres, on the _____ branch of the Opeckon, between the Institution. Those not voting were Thomas Maslin of Hardy County and Benjamin Wilson of Harrison County. First to successfully cultivate tobacco in Colony; married Pocohontas. Well-engineered and highly efficient with all new infrastructure, it operated very profitably. the West Virginia Historical Society and there may be more. As of 2009[update], over 12,500 archaeological sites have been documented in West Virginia.[1][2]. 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. 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. Some history 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. "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. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free) Each line contains from left to right: LAST & FIRST - Name of immigrant who came to America ARRIVAL - Year of immigrant arrival SPONSOR - Name of sponsoring person(s) paying passage of immigrant COUNTY - County in which sponsor received land for payment of passage . Served as Deputy-Governor of the Virginia Colony from 1616-1617, 1625 & 1627. The first settlers of the area destined to become Wood County located along the Ohio, Little Kanawha and Hughes Rivers. Orange in 1734 In 1863, General John D. Imboden, with 5,000 Confederate soldiers, overran a considerable portion of the state. and these survey were assigned by Hite to those who purchased of Daniel Polsley, Lt. This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. ; no. The low vote turnout for the statehood referendum was due to many factors. above brings us down to about 1750. 1995-2022 Ancestral Findings, LLC. Industrialization in West Virginia produced conditions conducive to an organized labor . Aliens, Johnstons and others, came and settled about the Opequon However, if the C&O and N&W presidents thought they could thus kill the Page project, they were to be proved mistaken. part of the forty thousand acres purchased by Jost Hite from Hite, David Vance, Jas. In May, 1740, to Peter Frederick was established by law in Later in 1624, Virginia was created as a royal colony that included the original Jamestown settlement, when King James I revolked the charter of the bankrupt Virginia Company and the colony transferred to royal authority as a crown colony, but the elected representatives in Jamestown continued to exercise a fair amount of power. [3] Within the greater region of and neighboring the Mountain State, the Riverton Tradition includes Maple Creek Phase. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730. It is rare speak by the records of those that were among the earliest, if Etching of the Fort at Morgantown, W. Va. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson County, W. Va. Pudup, Mary Beth, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller, eds. where he was not known. 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