George Washington. acres, on the _____ branch of the Opeckon, between the Various game animals and now protected birds were raised for conservation repopulating or control reasons throughout the state. During the war, the settlers in western Virginia were generally active Whigs and many served in the Continental Army. 1 A master at competitive "warfare", Henry Rogers did not like to lose in his endeavors, and also had "deep pockets". There, city founder Collis P. Huntington also developed what would become the largest shipbuilder in the world, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. 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. After the war, with the new railroads came a practical method to transport large quantities of coal to expanding U.S. and export markets. [48], The response in West Virginia to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated schools was generally positive, as Governor William C. Marland pledged to integrate the state's schools. 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. Governor of Virginia, the Wheeling constitution was discarded, and an entirely new one was written along ante-bellum principles. Bowman, 100 After the 1730s, Virginia enacted a law that promised free land to new settlers, encouraging them to move west and form new colonies. date there has been a record kept and the settlement reaches Middle-class women made up the majority of volunteers; many programs were not open to African American and lower-class white women. West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action It included all areas west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, constituting all of present West Virginia. But in the western counties that would form the state of West Virginia, the vote was approximately 34,677 against and 19,121 for ratification of the Ordinance of Secession. 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. 500 acres, dated 3 October, 1734, Grant to Richard Pendall, 300 Appointed Lt. Representation in the house of delegates was apportioned on the basis of the census of 1850, counting whites only. Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. Under royal authority, the colony began to expand to the North and West with additional settlements. [50] 711 of the state's citizens died during the war. If you are using a computer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, you may use this database by clicking here. 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. 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. The backcountry frontier of colonial Virginia reached westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the farthest extent of Virginia settlement in the eighteenth century. The B&O developed coal piers in Baltimore and at several points on the Great Lakes. University 1549 University Ave. | P.O. James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. In Feb., 1739, to Hendery The members of the May Convention were chosen by groups of Unionists, mostly in the far Northwestern counties. 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. list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the 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. Second or third sons went out to the colonies to make their fortune, or entered the military and the clergy. Therefore, since the Secession Convention had been called by the legislature and not the people, all its acts were illegal. Waddell, in his Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 provides a list of the first few families that made up the first influx of settlers seeking in early Orange and Augusta County, Virginia. In the late 18th century, the steel trap increased efficiency, and beaver became scarce. acres, October 3, 1754, Grant to William Vestal, 285 NOTE. 19th century steamboats were built and repaired in Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant and Mason City. Hite. Including accounts of its Soils, Timber, Minerals, Water, and Material Wealth. 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 . Hollingsworth, 472 acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to John Welton, 442 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Paul Williams, 270 First to successfully cultivate tobacco in Colony; married Pocohontas. Served as Lt. During recent years, production has been about 600,000 to 1,000,000 tons per year. Lewis Stephens. Orange County, Virginia was formed in 1734. Although the Deepwater plan should have provided a competitive shipping market via either railroad, leaders of the two large railroads did not appreciate the scheme and sought to discourage competition in an area they considered theirs for expansion plans. 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. 1734, Grant to Daniel Burnett, 490 [19] However, most of the pro-Confederate elements no longer considered themselves citizens of the United States; they saw themselves as citizens of another country (the Confederacy) and did not vote in elections sponsored by the United States. On March 24. Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 Phone: 1-304-293-4040 Fax: 1-304-293-6638 West Virginia University. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II,", Link, William A. In 1634, a palisade was built near Middle Plantation. October 3. A compromise was reached known as the Willey Amendment which was approved by Unionist voters in the state on March 26, 1863. 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. recorded in Orange in 1743 and 1744, and Fredrick Co. was Pudup, Mary Beth, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller, eds. Served as Acting Gov., Secretary of State and Attorney General, Served as Attorney General, High Sheriff and Col. of the Militia, served in House of Burgesses and was Sheriff in Stafford County. is a list of grantees of lands conveyed by Jost Hite and But renegade Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe continued to dispute the settlers' advance, fighting the CherokeeAmerican wars (17761794) until after the American Revolutionary War. This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. acres. By the spring stocking of 1963, the West Virginia Centennial year, Evans and Mace had supervised the spawning of good color and quality brood stock of the Mountain State's Centennial Golden Trout.[47]. [24] It was this June Convention which drafted the statehood resolution. However, if the C&O and N&W presidents thought they could thus kill the Page project, they were to be proved mistaken. The international community overwhelmingly considers Israel's settlements as illegal and obstacles to peace. Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database. In the late 1600s, European explorers arrived and started to create maps for the territory. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. [33] Soldiers were also stationed at the polls to discourage secessionists and their supporters. The first native settlers in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties) were the Mound Builders, also known as the Adena people. time. grant, it is said, that it is designed to be included in a 1738 but was not organized until 1743, Grant to John Smith, 420 It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. Battelle's resolution a policy of "Negro exclusion" for the new state was adopted to keep any new slaves, or freemen, from taking up residence, in the hope that this would satisfy abolitionist sentiment in Congress. Harron, Geo. In the Fort Ancient period, Indians lived in much larger poled rectangular shaped houses with walls hide covered. Eight shires were designated, each with its own local officers. The following 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. The low vote turnout for the statehood referendum was due to many factors. 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 . or on the deeds. Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. was made to Hite and Hite had the surveys made, and the surveyor In the 1880s, this tram and other steam machinery were used for collecting timber used as railroad ties in the railway construction along the Kanawha river. The following years saw a significant growth of visitors. Skip ahead a few decades until after the Civil War. 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. The wall also served to contain cattle. In 1829, a constitutional convention met in Richmond to consider reforms to Virginia's outdated constitution. In 1872, under the leadership of Samuel Price, former Lt. The same year German settlers from Pennsylvania founded New Mecklenburg, the present Shepherdstown, on the Potomac River, and others soon followed. Some were German-born or the Pennsylvania-born children of German-speaking Protestant immigrants from the Palatinate and other areas bordering the Rhine River. The Supreme Court decided in favor of West Virginia, and there has been no further question. 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. On December 31, 1862, an enabling act was approved by President Lincoln, admitting West Virginia on the condition that a provision for the gradual abolition of slavery be inserted in the Constitution. The grant to The first steps toward this change had been taken, however, by the Republicans in 1870. The Adena Indians used ceremonial pipes that were exceptional works of art. Raleigh County 320 in favor of statehood, Clay 760, Braxton 220, and some gave no returns at all. Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1635-1637. Early Settlement in the Eastern Panhandle The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. Frustrated by bad economic conditions and what they perceive to be neglect from the Charleston government, this movement has gained at least some momentum. 1734, Grant to Josiah Jones, 104 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. Great Grandfather of Pres. Much of the northern panhandle and north-central portion of the state are underlain by bedded salt deposits over 50 feet (15m) thick. 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. 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. In 1889, in the southern part of the state, along the Norfolk and Western rail lines, the important coal center of Bluefield, West Virginia was founded. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles (4,290 km2). By 1739, Thomas Shepherd had constructed a flour mill powered by water from the Town Run or the Falling Springs Branch of the Potomac River in present-day Shepherdstown. Logging was supported by a dense rail network extending throughout the mountains and hollows. 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. Early West Virginia settlers, 1600s-1900s Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Compact Disc Language: English Publication: [S.l.] This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after 1726 - German settlers build the settlement of New Mecklenburg. Members of the Carpenter family were among the first white people to settle in what is now central West Virginia, and their descendants populate a wide area today. John Van Metre, an Indian trader, penetrated into the northern portion of West Virginia in 1725. 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. With Page as its first president, and largely financed from Rogers' personal fortune, and the two railroads were merged in 1907 to form the Virginian Railway (VGN). It authorized the creation of the State of Kanawha, consisting of most of the counties that now comprise West Virginia. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. 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. gotten at this day. 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. The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. Soon after this, white settlers began moving into the Greater Shenandoah-Potomac Valley making up the entire eastern portion of the state. The Adena provided the greatest cultural influence in the state. Also brief accounts of First Settlers, and their Descendants. Such works include historical information on a building and genealogical information on its inhabitants. 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 question of the addition of two counties came before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Virginia v. West Virginia, 78 U.S. 39 (1871). is not now our purpose to continue here this discussion, but to 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. Of the 49 delegates from the future state of West Virginia, 17 voted in favor, and 30 voted against, and two abstained. The first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory was the New Englander's town of Marietta, established in 1788. 3000 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Morgan, 1000 [49], During the Vietnam War a total of 36,578 West Virginians served, with most beginning as teenagers. Large Landowner Gloucester Richmond Stafford Counties. Curry, Richard Orr. Then follows The first settlers at the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia hoped to forge new lives away from Englandbut life in the early 1600s at Jamestown consisted mainly of danger, hardship . 230, "Mr. Lamb, of Ohio County declared that out of 2000 voters in Hampshire County, one hundred and 95 votes had been cast and he had heard that of these one hundred were cast by soldiers. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Lincoln was in a close campaign when he won reelection in 1864 with the majority of the popular vote and 212 electoral votes, versus 21 electoral votes cast for his Democratic opponent. county to be called Orange, being part of the forty thousand October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Benjamin Harden, l acres. Institution. "[37] Instead of Rev. 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. The western area focused its commerce on neighbors to the west, and many citizens felt that the more populous eastern areas were too dominant in the Virginia General Assembly and insensitive to their needs. 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. acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to David Perkins, 519 "Betrayal in the West Virginia Coal Fields: Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party of America, 19121914,", Edwards, Pamela. Settlements established in present-day Virginia by 1799: The logging industry furthered the river shipping industry. Served as Deputy Governor of the Colony of Virginia 1627-1629. Noe, Kenneth W. "Exterminating Savages: The Union Army and Mountain Guerrillas in Southern West Virginia, 18611865." Neither the land grant or the Swiss colony ever materialized. In the early 20th century, West Virginia coal was also under high demand at Great Lakes ports on Lake Erie. Hite, David Vance, Jas. 142 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. [20] In secessionist counties where a poll was conducted it was by military intervention. This database is comprised of fourteen books. However, in 1736 the Iroquois Six Nations protested Virginia's colonization beyond the demarcated Blue Ridge, and a skirmish was fought in 1743. 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. Keelboats were built in the Kanawha region in Leon, Ravenswood Murraysville, and Little Kanawha River. 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