Historical Magazine. The opening statement on the Early Land Grant page, is from the Luptons. Beginning in 1898, Page teamed with northern and European-based investors to take advantage of the undeveloped area. In 1991, both state legislatures appropriated money for a boundary commission to look into 15 miles (24km) of the border area. On July 13, 1709, Louis Michel, George Ritter, and Baron Christoph von Graffenried petitioned the King of England for a land grant in the Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown area, Jefferson County, in order to establish a Swiss colony. 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. During this expedition the pair followed the New River and discovered Kanawha Falls. note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick where he was not known. [28][29] The convention was reconvened on February 12, 1863, and the demand was met. [49], During the Vietnam War a total of 36,578 West Virginians served, with most beginning as teenagers. 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?" ", Corbin, David Alan. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730. 1734, Grant to Josiah Jones, 104 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. Newer technology has since proved that West Virginia has enough salt resources to supply the nation's needs for an estimated 2,000 years. Meter. Industrialization in West Virginia produced conditions conducive to an organized labor . Hollingsworth, 472 acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to John Welton, 442 The Wildlife and Fish Commission was created in 1921. 1863-1889 Plats and surveys FS Library film 462959. recorded in Orange County, before the county of Frederick was Win. a large number of other grants to others, "designed to be acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Geo. The "capital" of the Pocahontas coalfield, this city would remain the largest city in the southern portion of the state for several decades. 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. As a result, every county west of the Alleghenies except one voted to reject the constitution, which nevertheless passed because of eastern support. 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. Following this conflict, known as Dunmore's War, the Shawnee and Mingo ceded their rights south of the Ohio, that is, to West Virginia and Kentucky. Logging was supported by a dense rail network extending throughout the mountains and hollows. But the east also gave itself a tax advantage in requiring a property tax at true and actual value, except for slaves. 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. Early Settlers of Southwest Virginia-Chronological List Watchers Quolla6 Cwatan Share Southwest Virginia Project Return to Southwest Virginia Project Main Page ___________________________________________________________ Category: Southwest Virginia Project Don't want ads? 1734, Grant to William Jasper, 62 520, High Density: {{copy.hd_shelf}}, {{copy.hd_shelfmark}}. Orange County, Virginia was formed in 1734. Gradually, settlers drifted farther down the Ohio River into present southern Indiana and Illinois; population generally followed the Ohio and the Wabash Rivers. "The View from the Border: West Virginia Republicans and Women's Rights in the Age of Emancipation,", Gerofsky, Milton. seventeenth day of June, 1730. Some FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. [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". Then follows Buffalo were included in 1954 and attracted additional visitors. 20 Aug. 1734, see Grant Book No. Lt. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Morgan, 210 Served as Deputy-Governor of the Virginia Colony from 1616-1617, 1625 & 1627. West Virginia enthusiastically supported World War II, with 67,000 men and about 1,000 women donning uniforms. The Adena provided the greatest cultural influence in the state. ; no. : Brderbund, c2000 Physical: 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. History of Lower Valley, while he does not admit they are the Given these differences, many in the west had long contemplated a separate state. In the Fort Ancient period, Indians lived in much larger poled rectangular shaped houses with walls hide covered. Also in 1725, Pearsall's Flats in the South Branch Potomac River valley, present-day Romney, was settled, and later became the site of the French and Indian War stockade, Fort Pearsall. 1735, Grant to Alexander Ross, 2373 Hoge, Abraham "[12] Virginia leaders maintained a property qualification for suffrage effectively disenfranchising poorer farmers in the west, whose families did much of the farm work themselves. Failure of the eastern planter elite to make constitutional reforms exacerbated existing eastwest sectionalism in Virginia and contributed to Virginia's later split. Lieutenant-Governor, in council, to take up the same upon 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. 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. There was another 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). Elizabeth Cometti, and Festus P. Summers. The June 1861 convention consisted of 104 members, 35 of which were members of the General Assembly in Richmond, some elected in the May 23 vote, and some hold-over State Senators. ], [Webmasters 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. It is one of the longest rivers in West Virginia. Arrived in Jamestown in 1608, Served in House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County. 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. Historical Magazine. acres, 12 November 1735. The Jamestown settlement, established in 1607, was the seat of England's first permanent colony in North America. "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." acres, 21 August 1734, Grant to Henry Willis, 2030 Some were German-born or the Pennsylvania-born children of German-speaking Protestant immigrants from the Palatinate and other areas bordering the Rhine River. Early West Virginia settlers, 1600s-1900s Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Compact Disc Language: English Publication: [S.l.] 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. 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. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Six followers were also tried, convicted, and executed. Early settlers did not find the area particularly inviting, so the population was sparse during the 18th and 19th centuries. In this McKay, and Abraham Hite in 1744. 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. he made such surveys, viz: From Norris acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Taylor, 200 James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. Waddell's First Families of Early Augusta County Scott's List of Orange County Importations 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. [50] 711 of the state's citizens died during the war. October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 As the war went on, many citizens began to turn against the conflict. Attention: This site does not support the current version of your web browser. 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. Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 Phone: 1-304-293-4040 Fax: 1-304-293-6638 West Virginia University. All give reference to 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. Such works include historical information on a building and genealogical information on its inhabitants. The Adena Indians used ceremonial pipes that were exceptional works of art. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. [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. 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. 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 A considerable part of this land was surveyed by George Washington, especially the South Branch Potomac River valley between 1748 and 1751. Following Confederate General Robert E. Lee's defeat at Cheat Mountain in the same year, supremacy in western Virginia was never again seriously challenged. It There, city founder Collis P. Huntington also developed what would become the largest shipbuilder in the world, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. give, are as follows: There were West Virginia's history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, spectacular river valleys, and rich natural resources. 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. 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. 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. Morgan Morgan (November 1, 1688-November 17, 1766) is traditionally considered the first white settler of West Virginia. 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. acres, dated 3 October 1734, Grant to Isaac Pennington, On May 13, 1862, the state legislature of the reorganized government approved the formation of the new state. Kanawha salt production followed by coal and timber could be seen on the waterways. It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. First colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina and a participant in Bacon's Rebellion. purchasers of Hite, of the 40,000 acres, he obtained from Van From that small batch of hatchlings he named it "Little Camouflage". ", "If they proceeded now to direct a division of the State before a free expression of the people could be had, they would do a more despotic act than any ever done by the Richmond Convention itself. and 1750 and the following are those for whom They also raised domestic turkeys and kept dogs as pets. Despite local support for Virginia, residents who actually filled out ballots voted overwhelmingly to place both counties in West Virginia. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to George Williams, 489 settlement of Quakers in another vicinity, viz: the Perkinses, The charter for the colony included a massive section of land that encompassed a large part of the eastern United States, including West Virginia. Early Settlement in the Eastern Panhandle The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. Including accounts of its Soils, Timber, Minerals, Water, and Material Wealth. is a list of grantees of lands conveyed by Jost Hite and acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Bryant, 1250 Genealogical records. 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. Kindle Edition. A master at competitive "warfare", Henry Rogers did not like to lose in his endeavors, and also had "deep pockets". 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 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. 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It included all areas west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, constituting all of present West Virginia. Under royal authority, the colony began to expand to the North and West with additional settlements. During recent years, production has been about 600,000 to 1,000,000 tons per year. Social conditions in western Virginia were entirely unlike those in the eastern portion of the state. "West Virginia Women in World War II: The Role of Gender, Class, and Race in Shaping Wartime Volunteer Efforts,". 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). Served in House of Burgesses in 1653-1658, father of Robert "King" Carter, acting Governor of Virginia 1726-1727. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Morgan, 290 The B&O developed coal piers in Baltimore and at several points on the Great Lakes. Hite. The governor, lieutenant-governor, the judiciary, sheriffs, and other county officers were to be elected by public vote. certain conditions therein expressed, which orders were made the The issue was finally settled in 1915, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that West Virginia owed Virginia $12,393,929.50. The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. To note, it took the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplished on December 6, 1865, to abolish slavery nationwide. 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 . whether there was others there before that date, unsettled. acres, on South side of the Cohongolulu, dated 3 October The constitutionality of the new state was achieved when the Unionist government of Virginia approved the division. Even in the 21st century, mining safety and ecological concerns are challenging to the state whose coal continues to power electrical generating plants in many other states. As of 2009[update], over 12,500 archaeological sites have been documented in West Virginia.[1][2]. time. Railroad spurs were built throughout West Virginia, connecting mines to the riverboats, barges and coal-tipples. The composition of all three Wheeling Conventions, the May (First) Convention, the June (Second) Convention, and the Constitutional Convention, was of an irregular nature. Wiseman, James Vance, Peter Make, Jacob Hite, John Many men absent in the Confederate army when the vote was taken refused to acknowledge the transfer upon their return. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. 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. 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 . 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. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after After the failure of the Roanoke colonies, investors in the Virginia Company of London were anxious to find profit farther to the north, and in April 1607 three ships of settlers arrived at the Chesapeake Bay. Bowman, 100 The logging industry furthered the river shipping industry. Presbyterian Church, above Winchester. deeds recorded to Stephen Hunsonbeller. 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The grant to 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. 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). In Feb., 1739, to Hendery During the French and Indian War (17541763), the scattered settlements were almost destroyed. This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 18:31. In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. 536 acres, in Spottsylvania, Grant to Peter Stephen, 600 The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. [William and Mary Quarterly] ADAMS, Thomas (in Virginia shortly before 1664), Isle of Wight county; brother of William Adams, of Kenton, Devon. 1734, Grant to John Van Meter, 885 As tobacco emerged as a profitable export, Virginia imported more Africans to cultivate it and hardened boundaries of slavery. Many would join other tribes and remove to the midwest regions as settlers arrived in the state. The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. with Indians, with few of the conveniences of civilization, From the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the three ships sailed. Wilson, Jno. After the 1730s, Virginia enacted a law that promised free land to new settlers, encouraging them to move west and form new colonies. 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. In March 1761, Robert Harper obtained a permit to operate a ferry across the Shenandoah River at present-day Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County. Curry, Richard Orr. The revised constitution was adopted on March 26, 1863, and on April 20, 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation admitting the state at the end of 60 days, on June 20, 1863. 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. Well-engineered and highly efficient with all new infrastructure, it operated very profitably. And later, other small splintered clans were attracted to, among others, James Le Tort, Charles Poke and John Van Metre trading houses within the state. This fort would become Middle Plantation and later Williamsburg, Virginia. gotten at this day. Counties in the east and south were settled mostly by eastern Virginians. The first two English women arrived in 1608. Second or third sons went out to the colonies to make their fortune, or entered the military and the clergy. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. Isaac and John Van Meter, who had obtained orders from our said [38] Slavery was officially abolished by West Virginia on February 3, 1865. In 1872, under the leadership of Samuel Price, former Lt. It extended the vote to all white males 21 years or older. Grant to Peter Woolf, 600 Even before the American Civil War, counties in northwest Virginia had desired to break away from Virginia to form a new state. Governor of Virginia in 1710, founded the first Germanna Colony in 1714. with the above clause therein, which designates the same as acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, However, the act that created West Virginia was signed in 1862, two years before Lincoln's re-election. 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. 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. 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. 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 . Following are the traditional Archaic sub-periods; Early (80006000 BC), Middle (60004000 BC), and Late (40001000 BC). 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. 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