Spotsylvania Arrived in Jamestown in 1608, Served in House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County. remarkable that he would go away out in a new country, infested The Film/Digital Notes contain a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers. On June 19, 1861, the Wheeling convention enacted a bill entitled "Ordinance to Authorize the Apprehending of Suspicious Persons in Time of War" which stated that anyone who supported Richmond or the Confederacy "shall be deemed subjects or citizens of a foreign State or power at war with the United States. Luptons. These shires were renamed as counties only a few years later. 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. It 20 Aug. 1734, see Grant Book No. In 1661, King Charles II of England had granted a company of gentleman the land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, known as the Northern Neck. the West Virginia Historical Society and there may be more. 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. Meanwhile, officers for the new state were chosen, and Governor Pierpont moved the Restored Government to Alexandria from which he asserted jurisdiction over the counties of Virginia within the federal lines. The American History and Genealogy Project. Bands of guerrillas burned and plundered in some sections, and were not entirely suppressed until after the war was ended. Since the mid-20th century, West Virginia has experienced population declines due in large part to its citizens leaving for opportunities elsewhere. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In 1634, a palisade was built near Middle Plantation. In 1829, a constitutional convention met in Richmond to consider reforms to Virginia's outdated constitution. Including accounts of its Soils, Timber, Minerals, Water, and Material Wealth. The Proclamation of 1763 again confirmed all land beyond the Alleghenies as Indian Territory, but the Iroquois finally relinquished their claims south of the Ohio to Britain at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. The international community overwhelmingly considers Israel's settlements as illegal and obstacles to peace. The first Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia arrived in the 1720's primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern Virginia. acres, on the _____ branch of the Opeckon, between the Governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, "'This Bastard New Virginia': Slavery, West Virginia Exceptionalism, and the Secession Crisis,". 142 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. This unique collection of family and local histories, marriage records, military records, and court records references approximately 200,000 individuals. To note, it took the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplished on December 6, 1865, to abolish slavery nationwide. A compromise was reached known as the Willey Amendment which was approved by Unionist voters in the state on March 26, 1863. Magazine, Quarterly, January 1903, Vol. Harron, Geo. Paleo-Indian culture appears by 10,500 BC in West Virginia passing along the major river valleys and ridge-line gap watersheds. But renegade Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe continued to dispute the settlers' advance, fighting the CherokeeAmerican wars (17761794) until after the American Revolutionary War. Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our . acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Morgan, 210 [45] The organized work by women's clubs during World War I helped convince legislators of their role in getting their women enfranchised. Mr. Carskadon confirmed this and added that only 39 were the votes of citizens of the state." The issue was finally settled in 1915, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that West Virginia owed Virginia $12,393,929.50. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Memory Project, A detailed list of delegate names and votes are located in Virgil Lewis'. The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. : Brderbund, c2000 Physical: 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in. Genealogical records. above brings us down to about 1750. 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. This database is comprised of fourteen books. Kanawha salt production followed by coal and timber could be seen on the waterways. Then follows Hampshire and Hardy were included in In this Van Meter, Thos. Votes from the secessionist counties in the October 24 vote on statehood were mostly cast by refugees in the area around Wheeling, not in the counties themselves. 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. Coal Expansion and Mine Wars (1883 to 1922), Cold War (1946 to 1990) - Decline of Coal, West Virginia and Regional History Center. The B&O developed coal piers in Baltimore and at several points on the Great Lakes. Many such early settlers in Virginia were called Second Sons. 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. Settlements established in present-day Virginia by 1799: To get the best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or install another browser. In 2011, West Virginia state delegate Larry Kump sponsored legislation to allow Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties to rejoin Virginia by popular vote. Logging was supported by a dense rail network extending throughout the mountains and hollows. Brock, Robt. of New Jersey and New York 1710-1720 and Gov. Also are the Buffalo Phase, Transitional Archaic Phase, Transitional Period Culture and Central Ohio Valley Archaic Phase. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Benjamin Harden, l Lt. Also brief accounts of First Settlers, and their Descendants. 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. Hoge, Abraham The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. However, in 1736 the Iroquois Six Nations protested Virginia's colonization beyond the demarcated Blue Ridge, and a skirmish was fought in 1743. acres, October 3. 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. In May, 1740, to Peter of Colonial Virginia 1707-1709, Gov. Within this area west of the New River Coalfield in Raleigh and Wyoming counties lay the Winding Gulf Coalfield, later promoted as the "Billion Dollar Coalfield.". In a referendum on May 23, 1861, secession was ratified by a large majority in the state as a whole. 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 . In 1748, Thomas, Lord Fairfax sent Meter. 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. acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to Stephen The vote was further compromised by the presence of an undetermined number of non-resident soldier votes.[36]. In 1630, under the governorship of John Harvey, the first settlement on the York River was founded. 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. It was the only state to form from another state during this time, splitting from Virginia. It will be noticed that there were deeds 1776 - People in the region petition the Congress to create a 14th state called Westsylvania, but it is denied. This page was last modified 12:34, 25 May 2021. History of the James River and Kanawha Company By Wayland Fuller Dunaway. 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. It is rare Raleigh County 320 in favor of statehood, Clay 760, Braxton 220, and some gave no returns at all. 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 Many men absent in the Confederate army when the vote was taken refused to acknowledge the transfer upon their return. 828 acres, October 3, 1734. Notwithstanding the competitive fears of the C&O and N&W, soon all three railroads were shipping ever-increasing volumes of coal to export from Hampton Roads. The commission established the French Creek Game Farm in 1923. patent or grant of land west of the Blue Ridge was made to Jost The population consisted almost entirely of farmers seeking land upon which they could build a home and produce a living. "[37] Instead of Rev. 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 was for one thousand and twenty acres (1,020). Representation in the house of delegates was apportioned on the basis of the census of 1850, counting whites only. Many settlers crossed the mountains after 1750, though they were hindered by Native American resistance. Waddell's First Families of Early Augusta County Scott's List of Orange County Importations The Adena provided the greatest cultural influence in the state. [24] It was this June Convention which drafted the statehood resolution. It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. 1726 - German settlers build the settlement of New Mecklenburg. More women, children, and family groups began arriving in 1609. John Van Metre, an Indian trader, penetrated into the northern portion of West Virginia in 1725. Ambler, Charles H. "If it required a military force to hold an election, if Cabell County, which borders on the Ohio River, had to have a military force to hold an election there; if Boone had to have a military force to hold an election at two points; if a detachment went up and held an election there, and got into a corner of Raleigh and held an election there, with what difficulty are the counties represented?" others that then in 1732 that came, but their West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states. 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. Curry, Richard Orr. It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. acres, October 3, 1734. Edwards (2008) explores the roles of women volunteers in West Virginia during World War II. build up several Western States, especially Ohio. Salt mining had been underway since the 18th century, though that which could be easily obtained had largely played out by the time of the American Civil War, when the red salt of Kanawha County was a valued commodity of first Confederate, and later Union forces. was Col. James Wood, afterwards Clerk of the Court of Frederick, Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. The following 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 . West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. 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. In combination, all of the records collected here will help you put the lives of your early West Virginia ancestors in historical context. Pudup, Mary Beth, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller, eds. 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 Adena Indians used ceremonial pipes that were exceptional works of art. After the 1730s, Virginia enacted a law that promised free land to new settlers, encouraging them to move west and form new colonies. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. speak by the records of those that were among the earliest, if [Webmasters The first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory was the New Englander's town of Marietta, established in 1788. Former West Virginia Governor William A. MacCorkle described him as a man who knew the land "as a farmer knows a field." In 1991, both state legislatures appropriated money for a boundary commission to look into 15 miles (24km) of the border area. At the Constitutional Convention on December 14, 1861, the issue of slavery was raised by Rev. Orange County, Virginia was formed in 1734. Hunt, Christian Blank. During the war, the settlers in western Virginia were generally active Whigs and many served in the Continental Army. [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". There were, therefore, two governments claiming to represent all of Virginia, one owing allegiance to the United States and one to the Confederacy. list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the Their descendants, who were legion, Barretts, Neets, Dillons, Fawcetts acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Geo. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. sixteen families went into the Shenandoah Valley and from that It is one of the longest rivers in West Virginia. 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. Eight shires were designated, each with its own local officers. The charter for the colony included a massive section of land that encompassed a large part of the eastern United States, including West Virginia. 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 governor, lieutenant-governor, the judiciary, sheriffs, and other county officers were to be elected by public vote. Today, the zoological facility is of 338-acre (1.37km2) modern Wildlife Center under the direction of the Division of Natural Resources. There has After the 1730s, Virginia enacted a law that promised free land to new settlers, encouraging them to move west and form new colonies. The low vote turnout for the statehood referendum was due to many factors. In the Fort Ancient period, Indians lived in much larger poled rectangular shaped houses with walls hide covered. part of the forty thousand acres purchased by Jost Hite from 19th century steamboats were built and repaired in Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant and Mason City. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Paul Williams, 270 [11] However, western reforms were rejected by leaders from east of the Alleghenies who "clung to political power in an effort to preserve their plantation lifestyles dependent on enslaving blacks. Early Settlement in the Eastern Panhandle The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. Coincidentally, it was similar to an indigenous species open zoo of today and became a place of family outings visitation. with the above clause therein, which designates the same as Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. In Original Home of Col. John Evans, Morgantown, W. Va. Group Poses with Fairfax Stone, Tucker County, W. Va. WVU Libraries West Virginia Win. [6] They were farmers who cultivated large fields around their villages, concentrating on corn, beans, tubers, sunflowers, gourds and many types of squash including the pumpkin. Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company. General George B. McClellan's forces gained possession of the greater part of the territory in the summer of 1861. 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. 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. Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union, leading to the separation from Virginia, and formalized by West Virginia's admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863. Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. 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. 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. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. Soon, the N&W was also shipping from its own new coal piers on Hampton Roads at Lamberts Point outside Norfolk. acres, on Turkey Spring of Opeckon, dated October 3, 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. Kindle Edition. Appointed Lt. 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. Railroad spurs were built throughout West Virginia, connecting mines to the riverboats, barges and coal-tipples. 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. At the convening of the 1752 Treaty of Logstown, they acknowledged the right of English settlements south of the Ohio, but the Cherokee and Shawnee claims still remained. West Virginia enthusiastically supported World War II, with 67,000 men and about 1,000 women donning uniforms. 1762 - The oldest town in West Virginia, Shepherdstown, is founded. This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after The backcountry frontier of colonial Virginia reached westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the farthest extent of Virginia settlement in the eighteenth century. [William and Mary Quarterly] JONES, Cadwallader (in Virginia 1681), Stafford County . not the first settlers. 1734, Grant to John Van Meter, 885 Bronson, Samuel Glass, David Logan, Fred Curry, Richard Orr. Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database. The first settlers of the area destined to become Wood County located along the Ohio, Little Kanawha and Hughes Rivers. Most of them came from Pennsylvania in the north in search of new lands. Branson, 1370 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. Hite, David Vance, Jas. Stoll, Steven. Middle and Late Woodland people include Middle Woodland Watson pottery people, Late Woodland Wood Phase, Late Hopewell at Romney, Montana (late Woodland AD 5001000), Wilhelm culture (Late Middle Woodland, c. AD 1~500), Armstrong (Late Middle Woodland, c. AD 1~500), Buck Garden (Late Woodland AD 5001200), Childers Phase (Late Middle Woodland c. 400 AD), and Parkline Phase (Late Woodland AD 750~1000). Months later upon his arrival, the new Petersburg manager, Chester Mace, was shown the curious novelty. lauds of John Mills and _____ Hobzson, dated 12 November 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. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after king James I. 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. The first steps toward this change had been taken, however, by the Republicans in 1870. Elizabeth Cometti, and Festus P. Summers. ", The assignment of the said "orders" recorded in Orange County, before the county of Frederick was "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. 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). A master at competitive "warfare", Henry Rogers did not like to lose in his endeavors, and also had "deep pockets". History of Lower Valley, while he does not admit they are the Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. 1730 there were He was born in Wales and emigrated to Delaware about 1712. Newer technology has since proved that West Virginia has enough salt resources to supply the nation's needs for an estimated 2,000 years. Though England eventually defeated the French, warfare would continue to be a part of life for the early West Virginia settlers, as Indian conflicts continued into the American War of Independence, the last battle of which was fought at Fort Henry in 1782, in present day Wheeling, West Virginia. Mine accidents were considered inevitable, and mine safety did not appreciably improve the situation because of lax enforcement. Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia (p. 22). ; no. Following Confederate General Robert E. Lee's defeat at Cheat Mountain in the same year, supremacy in western Virginia was never again seriously challenged. Jno. 500 acres, dated 3 October, 1734, Grant to Richard Pendall, 300 In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. A most remarkable thing, for a boy give, are as follows: There were "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." A camera icon indicates items that are digitally available online. Primogeniture favored the first sons' inheriting lands and titles in England. The constitutionality of the new state was achieved when the Unionist government of Virginia approved the division. However, if the C&O and N&W presidents thought they could thus kill the Page project, they were to be proved mistaken. 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. The "capital" of the Pocahontas coalfield, this city would remain the largest city in the southern portion of the state for several decades. acres purchased by the said Jost Hire from Isaac and John Van [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. Following the war, Virginia unsuccessfully brought a case to the Supreme Court challenging the secession of Berkeley County and Jefferson County to West Virginia. Berkeley County was founded in 1772 1860-1875 Land sales FS Library film 558437-558440. University 1549 University Ave. | P.O. 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. McCormick, Samuel Walker, Chas. Skip ahead a few decades until after the Civil War. Morgan Morgan. The Supreme Court decided in favor of West Virginia, and there has been no further question. Social conditions in western Virginia were entirely unlike those in the eastern portion of the state. overflowed to the Ohio and Kanawha Valleys, and went to help 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. Served as Deputy-Governor of the Virginia Colony from 1616-1617, 1625 & 1627. 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. It authorized the creation of the State of Kanawha, consisting of most of the counties that now comprise West Virginia. 1738 but was not organized until 1743, Grant to John Smith, 420 he made such surveys, viz: From Norris Soon after this, white settlers began moving into the Greater Shenandoah-Potomac Valley making up the entire eastern portion of the state. George Washington to Frederick County to survey lands for him, 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. They grew sunflowers, tubers, gourds, squash and several seeds such as lambsquarter, may grass, sumpweed, smartweed and little barley cereals. Nisoranger, Thos. 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. 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. 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. 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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. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. They acquired large tracts of land in the area, and Page began the Deepwater Railway, a short-line railroad which was chartered to stretch between the C&O at its line along the Kanawha River and the N&W at Matoaka, a distance of about 80 miles (130km). The Iroquois were on the point of threatening all-out war against the Virginia Colony over the "Cohongoruton lands", which would have been destructive and devastating, when Governor Gooch bought out their claim for 400 pounds at the Treaty of Lancaster (1744). Became known as the Virginia Colony & # x27 ; s settlements as illegal and obstacles to.... 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