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. County Voters, Property Surveyed by George Washington were all Large Landowner Gloucester Richmond Stafford Counties. James Wood, and to William Williams, Jacob Neswanger, 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. Newer technology has since proved that West Virginia has enough salt resources to supply the nation's needs for an estimated 2,000 years. 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.". [20] In secessionist counties where a poll was conducted it was by military intervention. 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. Grant to Peter Woolf, 600 In addition to differences over the abolition of slavery, he and allies felt the Virginia government ignored and refused to spend funds on needed internal improvements in the west, such as turnpikes and railroads.[15]. Descendancy for John Hurst: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties 3, No. acres. 1776 - People in the region petition the Congress to create a 14th state called Westsylvania, but it is denied. Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. The grant eventually came into the possession of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and in 1746 a stone was erected at the source of the North Branch Potomac River to mark the western limit of the grant. Branson, 1370 That Convention had offered the people of the State at least the form of a vote, and the Northwest at least had a full and free expression; and now they proposed to cut off Eastern Virginia without even the form of a vote. On May 13, 1862, the state legislature of the reorganized government approved the formation of the new state. He explains as industry developed in the region, the people of West Virginia saw a need for wildlife conservation. Remnants of the Mound Builder's civilization have been found throughout West Virginia, with many artifacts found in . Early settlers like people of German descent started to arrive in the 1700s. 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. ; no. 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. Its composition was just as irregular. This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. Such works include historical information on a building and genealogical information on its inhabitants. Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. Former West Virginia Governor William A. MacCorkle described him as a man who knew the land "as a farmer knows a field." In combination, all of the records collected here will help you put the lives of your early West Virginia ancestors in historical context. 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. 828 acres, October 3, 1734. Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1635-1637. remarkable that he would go away out in a new country, infested 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. Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our . If you are using a computer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, you may use this database by clicking here. Those not voting were Thomas Maslin of Hardy County and Benjamin Wilson of Harrison County. Their railroad was renamed Norfolk and Western (N&W), and a new railroad city was developed at Roanoke to handle planned expansion. Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database. 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. High Sheriff and Capt. Coincidentally, it was similar to an indigenous species open zoo of today and became a place of family outings visitation. AHGP The American History and Genealogy Project. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Paul Williams, 270 The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. 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. "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." of Colonial Virginia 1707-1709, Gov. 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. The first steps toward this change had been taken, however, by the Republicans in 1870. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. Edwards (2008) explores the roles of women volunteers in West Virginia during World War II. where he was not known. Orange in 1734 West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. 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. Daniel Polsley, Lt. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, Harris. Gordon Battelle, an Ohio native who sought to introduce a resolution for gradual emancipation. The same year German settlers from Pennsylvania founded New Mecklenburg, the present Shepherdstown, on the Potomac River, and others soon followed. 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. During the period 1870 to 1920 most of the old-growth forest was logged. 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. By S.C. Shaw, 1878.] 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. 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The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. During the war and for years afterwards, partisan feeling ran high. A most remarkable thing, for a boy The 'Discovery', the 'Godspeed' and the 'Susan Constant' sailed for 4 months to reach the shores of the New World. Curry, Richard Orr. not the first settlers. 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. West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action This database is comprised of fourteen books. Paleo-Indian culture appears by 10,500 BC in West Virginia passing along the major river valleys and ridge-line gap watersheds. The population consisted almost entirely of farmers seeking land upon which they could build a home and produce a living. Frederick was established by law in Genealogical records. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. In the postwar years, he continued his militancy; his miners went on strikes or "work stoppages" annually. 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. However, federal forces soon drove the Confederates out of most of West Virginia.[27]. 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. 1995-2022 Ancestral Findings, LLC. [45] The organized work by women's clubs during World War I helped convince legislators of their role in getting their women enfranchised. 1863-1889 Plats and surveys FS Library film 462959. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Taylor, 200 acres, on Stony Lick and dated August 21, 1734, Grant to Thomas Shepherd, 220 Building the Virginian Railway cost $40 million by the time it was completed in 1909. [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. Including accounts of its Soils, Timber, Minerals, Water, and Material Wealth. Representation in the house of delegates was apportioned on the basis of the census of 1850, counting whites only. Wiseman, James Vance, Peter Make, Jacob Hite, John At the Constitutional Convention on December 14, 1861, the issue of slavery was raised by Rev. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Memory Project, A detailed list of delegate names and votes are located in Virgil Lewis'. But the east also gave itself a tax advantage in requiring a property tax at true and actual value, except for slaves. In Noe and Shannon H. Wilson, Riccards, Michael P. "Lincoln and the Political Question: The Creation of the State of West Virginia", Stealey III, John E. "The Freedmen's Bureau in West Virginia,", Zimring, David R. "'Secession in Favor of the Constitution': How West Virginia Justified Separate Statehood during the Civil War. Beginning in Reconstruction, and for several decades thereafter, the two states disputed the new state's share of the pre-war Virginia government's debt, which had mostly been incurred to finance public infrastructure improvements, such as canals, roads, and railroads under the Virginia Board of Public Works. 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. Many such early settlers in Virginia were called Second Sons. The members of the May Convention were chosen by groups of Unionists, mostly in the far Northwestern counties. 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. County was formed in 1720 Early historic tribes living within or routinely hunting and trading within the state include Calicuas later mixed in colonial north-western Virginia-Pennsylvania at the time as popular termed Cherokee, Mohetans, Rickohockans from ancient Nation du Chat area, Monetons and Monecaga or Monacan, Tomahitans or Yuchi-Occaneechi, Tuscarora or mixed broad termed Mingoe & Canawagh or Kanawhas (Chiroenhaka),[8] Oniasantkeronons or Tramontane of the proto-historic southerly Neutral Nation trade empire (element Nation du Chat), Shattera or Tutelo, Ouabano or Mohican-Delaware, Chaouanon or Shawnee, Cheskepe or Shawnee-Yuchi, Loupe (Captina Island historic mix, Lanape & Powhatan), Tionontatacaga and Little Mingoe (Guyandottes), Massawomeck and later mixed as Mohawk, Susquesahanock or White Minqua later mixed Mingoes and Arrigahaga or Black Minqua of the Nation du Chat and proto-historic Neutral Nation trade empire. Kanawha salt production followed by coal and timber could be seen on the waterways. in Council, to take up the same, upon certain conditions therein Also are the Buffalo Phase, Transitional Archaic Phase, Transitional Period Culture and Central Ohio Valley Archaic Phase. The composition of all three Wheeling Conventions, the May (First) Convention, the June (Second) Convention, and the Constitutional Convention, was of an irregular nature. Therefore, since the Secession Convention had been called by the legislature and not the people, all its acts were illegal. acres, 12 November 1735. Coal Expansion and Mine Wars (1883 to 1922), Cold War (1946 to 1990) - Decline of Coal, West Virginia and Regional History Center. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to George Williams, 489 Meter. In 1748, Thomas, Lord Fairfax sent Christian In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. 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. During the war, the settlers in western Virginia were generally active Whigs and many served in the Continental Army. Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 Phone: 1-304-293-4040 Fax: 1-304-293-6638 West Virginia University. 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. [30] Berkeley and Jefferson counties lying on the Potomac east of the mountains, in 1863, with the consent of the Reorganized government of Virginia voted in favor of annexation to West Virginia. 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. There was another Failure of the eastern planter elite to make constitutional reforms exacerbated existing eastwest sectionalism in Virginia and contributed to Virginia's later split. Kindle Edition. The following 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. A considerable part of this land was surveyed by George Washington, especially the South Branch Potomac River valley between 1748 and 1751. others that then in 1732 that came, but their Even before the American Civil War, counties in northwest Virginia had desired to break away from Virginia to form a new state. 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. Most of the Cherokee claim within West Virginia, the southwestern part of the state, was sold to Virginia in 1770 by the Treaty of Lochaber. West Virginia enthusiastically supported World War II, with 67,000 men and about 1,000 women donning uniforms. He was born in Wales and emigrated to Delaware about 1712. Most of them came from Pennsylvania in the north in search of new lands. Noe, Kenneth W. "Exterminating Savages: The Union Army and Mountain Guerrillas in Southern West Virginia, 18611865." 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. Likewise, St. Albans, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers, became a point of trade. Elizabeth Cometti, and Festus P. Summers. 1738 but was not organized until 1743, Grant to John Smith, 420 Instead of giving up, Page (and Rogers) secretly planned and had surveyed a route to provide a new, third major railroad, all the way to new coal pier facilities at Sewell's Point on the harbor of Hampton Roads, fully 440 miles (710km) away from the railhead on the Kanawha River. The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. It is known that in 1732, that Jost Hite with acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Israel Frond, 300 NOTE. During the French and Indian War (17541763), the scattered settlements were almost destroyed. October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the The issue was finally settled in 1915, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that West Virginia owed Virginia $12,393,929.50. 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. part of the forty thousand acres purchased by Jost Hite from The constitutionality of the new state was achieved when the Unionist government of Virginia approved the division. The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. [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. build up several Western States, especially Ohio. Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. purchasers of Hite, of the 40,000 acres, he obtained from Van 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. 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. [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". with Indians, with few of the conveniences of civilization, It further declared the pro-secession government in Richmond void and called for a reorganization of the state government, taking the line that all who adhered to the Ordinance of Secession had effectively vacated their offices. On August 22, 1872, an entirely new constitution was adopted. 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. 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 diary kept by Washington indicates that there were already many squatters, largely of German origin, along the South Branch. With only 21 followers, in October of 1859 he took hostages and freed slaves in Harpers Ferry, at that time in Virginia. University 1549 University Ave. | P.O. Institution. The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of a village society having a tribal trade system culture that practiced the cold working of copper to a limited extent. "A Reappraisal of Statehood Politics in West Virginia". "[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. The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. 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. 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. was Col. James Wood, afterwards Clerk of the Court of Frederick, 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). It is rare that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be gotten at this day. The Constitutional Convention met in November 1861, and consisted of 61 members. acres, dated 3 October 1734, Grant to Isaac Pennington, of Jamaica 1728-1734. In Feb., 1739, to Hendery Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company. Etching of the Fort at Morgantown, W. Va. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson County, W. Va. 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. [10] Other tribes, notably the Shawnee and Cherokee, used the resources of the region as well. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. From that small batch of hatchlings he named it "Little Camouflage". or on the deeds. James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. Original Home of Col. John Evans, Morgantown, W. Va. Group Poses with Fairfax Stone, Tucker County, W. Va. WVU Libraries 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. Although WEST VIRGINIA is used on this webpage for convenience, In the late 1600s, European explorers arrived and started to create maps for the territory. West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730. acres, 21 August 1734, Grant to Henry Willis, 2030 After the 1730s, Virginia enacted a law that promised free land to new settlers, encouraging them to move west and form new colonies. The opening statement on the Early Land Grant page, is from the Frederick was established by law in Illinois and Missouri. In 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. Eight shires were designated, each with its own local officers. 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. West Virginia's history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, spectacular river valleys, and rich natural resources. part of the same article. They now proposed a division when it was impossible for one-fourth of even the counties included in the boundaries proposed to give even an expression upon the proposition." Adena villages can be characterized as rather large compared to Late Prehistoric tribes. certain conditions therein expressed, which orders were made the This wall stretched across the peninsula between the York and James rivers and protected the settlements on the eastern side of the lower Peninsula from Indians. Many men absent in the Confederate army when the vote was taken refused to acknowledge the transfer upon their return. included in a county to be called the county of Orange, being patent or grant of land west of the Blue Ridge was made to Jost 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. Early Settlement in the Eastern Panhandle The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. Soon after the Union government declared that the Restored Government was the legitimate government of the Commonwealth, the Restored Government asserted its authority to give such approval. Stoll, Steven. The rugged nature of the country made slavery unprofitable, and time only increased the social, political, economic, and cultural differences .mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}(see Tuckahoe-Cohee) between the two sections of Virginia. 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. Hoge, Abraham It is one of the longest rivers in West Virginia. In 1630, under the governorship of John Harvey, the first settlement on the York River was founded. 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. First to successfully cultivate tobacco in Colony; married Pocohontas. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Morris, 378 A long Despite local support for Virginia, residents who actually filled out ballots voted overwhelmingly to place both counties in West Virginia. August 1734, Grant to Rus Smith, 150 As of 2009[update], over 12,500 archaeological sites have been documented in West Virginia.[1][2]. However, repeatedly John L. Lewis called his United Mine Workers union out on strike, defying the government, outraging public opinion, and strengthening the hand of anti-union Congressmen. "[37] Instead of Rev. Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, Second Wheeling Convention, August 16, 1861, quoted in Virgil Lewis, "How West Virginia Was Made", pg. Waddell's First Families of Early Augusta County Scott's List of Orange County Importations Morgan ap Morgan, a Welshman, built a cabin near present-day Bunker Hill in Berkeley County in 1727. This page was last modified 12:34, 25 May 2021. 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. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. 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