Charles FISHER married Jennie MILLER in Elizabeth, Wirt Co., WV.
Jennie MILLER [Parents] married Charles FISHER in Elizabeth, Wirt Co., WV.
George TOWLY married Cyrilla MILLER.
Cyrilla MILLER [Parents] married George TOWLY.
Notes for Cyrilla Miller:
When last heard from in 1876, George & Cyrilla lived in Iowa and were planning to attend the Centennial at Philadelphia. It is believed that they died in the bridge disaster at Ashtabula, OH where so many were killed and remained unidentified.
Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0009page.html
Morgan BLACKBURN married Delilah Ann MILLER.
Delilah Ann MILLER [Parents] was born 1835. She married Morgan BLACKBURN.
James A. WALKER [Parents] was born 1798 in Kanawha Co., VA. He died 1869 in Clay Co., WV. James married Nancy LEGG on 1821 in Nicholas Co., WV.
family source from Renick
except for the two noted fromNicholas County Book.Notes for James A Walker:
Lived near father for awhile in Laurel Creek area of Kanawha Co then moved to the area of Nicholas County which became Clay County
1826 owned 40 acres (adjacent Elverton P Walker) Sims Land Grants Book 1, page 183 Nicholas Co
Source: Renick
Nancy LEGG [Parents] was born 1804 in Monroe Co., VA. She died 1868 in Clay Co., WV. Nancy married James A. WALKER on 1821 in Nicholas Co., WV.
They had the following children:
M i Willis WALKER was born 1822 and died 1855. M ii J. Milton WALKER was born 1823 and died 1861. M iii William WALKER was born 1825 and died 1898. M iv John A. WALKER. M v Scott WALKER.
source Nicholas County History BookM vi Eli WALKER was born 1830 and died 1885. M vii Felix Harvey WALKER was born 1832 and died 1861. M viii Johnson Washington WALKER was born 1833. M ix Eiljah WALKER was born 1839. F x Mary Francis WALKER was born 1840 and died 1922. F xi Susan WALKER was born 1842. M xii Frances Marion WALKER was born 1842 and died 1915. M xiii Andrew Manon WALKER was born 1848 and died 1869.
James R. BOGGS [Parents] was born 1800 in Greenbrier Co., VA. He died 1899 in Roane Co., WV. James married Harriet WALKUP.
Other marriages:O'BRIEN, Lucy Ann
1830 Pendleton Census
39 4 Boggs James pg0039.txt
42 7 Boggs John pg0039.txt
Source: http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/pendleton/1830/pg0056.txtNotes for James R Boggs:
James R. Boggs, a son of John and Susan (Drennan) Boggs, was born in Greenbrier County VA (WV) May 22, 1800 and moved with his family to Roane County VA (WV), where he died August 11, 1889. He first married Harriet Walkup. Harriet, a daughter of Christopher Walkup, was born about 1802 and died about 1843. James married Lacy Ann O'Brien in Gilmer County VA (WV) in 1845. Settled on Middle Henry Fork then in Gilmer Co in 1846. In 1904 Daniel Dewees reports that "Jim Boggs lived near Linden in Roane County.
Bishop's History of Roane Countynd
Lacy O'Brien, was born in Kanawha County VA (WV) March 17, 1831. Lacy was shot in her home in the Booger Hole area of Clay County WV about 1916 by parties unknown. Hers and other murders resulted in vigilante action and the following notice being prominently posted in many places in the area. "We, the citizens of Clay county, seeing that we cannot get justice by law, have organized the Clay County Mob. We have pledged our lives to drive these people from our county or kill them. If we cannot catch and hang you, we will sneak upon and kill you as you killed Henry Hargis, Lacy Anne Boggs, the old peddler and Preston Tanner." "If before you leave, there is any stealing, killing or burning, we will get the blood-hounds and detectives and run you to the ends of the earth. Nill Sampson, Kooch Sampson, Fred Moore and Aaron Runyon are hereby notified to leave the state in ten days. Rose Lyons, Bill More and Elizabeth Sampson are notified to leave in thirty days."
"P.S. Do not stop this side of the Ohio River."
This incident convinced the local authorities that the citizenry had reached the end of their patience and Howard Sampson was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Preston Tanner. No one was ever prosecuted for Lacey Anne's murder.
Source: RenickNotes for William Boggs:
1850 Census Wirt Co, VA
William Boggs, 50, Farmer, 2200, VA. Mariah Boggs, 40, VA, Charity Boggs,16, VA, Susan Boggs, 11, VA, Lawrence Boggs, 9, VA, Caroline Boggs, 6, VA.,Sophia Boggs, 5, VA, Trcina (?) Boggs, 9/12, VA.
From Marilyn Craft:
>Ruth,Thomas,Zeruah"Rue",Charity b.1834,Susan b.1839,Lawrenceb.1841,Caroline
>b.1844,Sophia b.1845,Trcina? b.1849 and Elizabeth "Bet" b.4 Feb 1854.
>Family tradition has it that after William died Maria,Rue & Bet moved toCharleston,WV and operated a "sporting" house.Source: Renick
BOGGS: Of Smithfield.
James R. Boggs was born in Greenbrier County, western Virginia, May 22, 1800, son of John, born in Ireland, and Susan (Drinnen) Boggs, his wife, a Virginian lady; John claims to have had five brothers in the battle of Point Pleasant. James R. was twice married; first wife, Harriet Walkup, and their children were Susan, John Nathaniel and Mary J. James R. Boggs's second wife was Lacy Ann O'Brien, whom he married in Gilmer County, western Virginia, year 1845, and with his family came in the next year and settled on Middle Henry Fork, then a part of Gilmer County. To James R. and Lacy Ann (O'Brien) Boggs were born, on Henrys Fork, Walter D., 1847; Sarah, 1849; Melinda, 1852; Caroline, 1854; and Mary J., 1858.
Of this James R. and Lacy Ann Boggs family we write further:
Thaddeus Boggs, the son, succeeded to the home lands on Henrys Fork, and was long a well known man of the county; he was born "on Easter Sunday," 1835; on outbreak of the "Civil" war he enlisted in the 34th Virginia Infantry, transferred to the cavalry of the Confederate forces; was two months a prisoner at Wheeling; four months at Fort Delaware, and two months at Point Lookout captured each time; returned unhurt.In the same year of his return, 1866, Thaddeus Boggs married Susan Webb, of his own neighborhood, yet born in Washington County, Virginia, in 1840; to Thaddeus and Susan were born five children as follows: Melissa, 1866; Alice, 1867; Anderson, March 22, 1868; George W., October 17, 1872; Rebecca, 1877.
Melissa became the wife of Rev. Wilbur Spencer; Anderson married and lives in Smithfield District; George W. has been a resident of Columbus, Ohio, for several years.
Later in their lives this family acquired and made a farm out of wood-lands in Smithfield District of Roane.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm
History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927
William H. Bishop, Esq.
p 455
Harriet WALKUP [Parents] was born 1802. She died 1843. Harriet married James R. BOGGS.
They had the following children:
F i Susan BOGGS was born 1821 and died 1891. M ii John Nathaniel BOGGS was born 1826. F iii Mary Jane BOGGS was born 1828 and died 1884. M iv Thaddeus BOGGS was born 1835. M v James L. BOGGS was born 1843.
William Hedrick MILLER was born in Jackson Co., VA. He died 1930 in Spencer, Roane Co., WV. William married Martha Jane WALKER on 1866 in Roane Co., WV.
Martha Jane WALKER [Parents] was born in Jackson Co., VA. She died 1929 in Spencer, Roane Co., WV. Martha married William Hedrick MILLER on 1866 in Roane Co., WV.
James Washington WALKER [Parents] was born 1847 in Roane Co., VA. He died 1921 in Spencer, Roane Co., WV. James married Sarah Columbia BARTLETT on 1868 in Spencer.
Sarah Columbia BARTLETT was born 1848. She died 1936. Sarah married James Washington WALKER on 1868 in Spencer.
Notes for Sarah Columbia Bartlett:
Ancestors of Sarah: http://www.strato.net/~wedigs/genealogy.html
BARTLETT, Thomas Jr. b: 1730 in Fauquier Co. VA.. +UNKNOWN, Anne b: Abt 1728
BARTLETT, William "Sr."b: April 04, 1756 in Fauquier Co. VA HATHAWAY, Sarah Elizabeth b: December 22, 1759 in Alexandria, VA
BARTLETT, Malinda b: January 08, 1783 + BARTLETT, Thomas F. b: October 18, 1777
BARTLETT, John H. b: 1804 in Barbour Co., WV.+ FLEMING, Sarah b: March 17, 1809
Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0009page.html
John Marion WALKER [Parents] was born 1851 in Jackson Co., VA. He died 1920 in Roane Co., WV. John married Sarah Ann FREELAND on 1871 in Roane Co., WV.
Notes for John Marion Walker:
From descendant Ernestine Walker Stotts:
"Marion had a country store at the left hand fork of Little Creek. This was close to where Willis and Betty Kendall Walker lived." Died from cancer of the stomach. Lived in Roane Co all his life.
Was member of Little Creek Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Francis of Spencer and burial at the Walker Cemetery near his home.
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Sarah Ann FREELAND was born 1850. She died 1944. Sarah married John Marion WALKER on 1871 in Roane Co., WV.
Silas P. RIGHTER was born 1846. He died 1934. Silas married Mary Ellen WALKER.
Mary Ellen WALKER [Parents] was born 1853 in Roane Co., VA. She died 1922 in Roane Co., WV. Mary married Silas P. RIGHTER.
George C. CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1804 in Harrison Co., VA. He died 1878 in Calhoun Co., WV. George married Margaret BOOHER on 1826 in Lewis Co., VA.
Notes for George C Connolly:
Settled at the mouth of Lower Barnes Run (according to Daniel S Dewees)
In 1833 George Conley owned 140 acres on West Fork Bk 1 page 191 per Sims Land Grant
From Hardesty's History of Calhoun County:
FIRST SETTLERS
. . . the first and second decades of this century (19th) saw many of them settled on the Little Kanawha and its tributaries, within the limits of what is now Calhoun County.
Of the many we name of these the first settlers of the county. Among them were James Mayes, James Niles, Audrey Sharp, Stephen Burson, Peter McCune, Sr., Anthony Parsons, Thomas Cottrell, Dr. George Conley, Thomas P. Brannan, Philip Starcher, Peter Cogar, Isaac Mace, William Brannan, Peter McCune, Jr., Adam O'Brian, John Haverty, John B. Goff, John Ball, Job Westfall, Samuel Barr, Alexander Huffman, Joshua Smith, James Arnold, Barnabas Cook, Archibald Burris, George W. Hardman, Salathiel Riddle, Henry Bell, Phillip Stallman, Isaac Cox, Benjamin Jackson, Michael H. Haverty, Thomas Holbert and Valentine Ferrell. These were the men who became the pioneers of Calhoun County.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT
Washington District was named in honor of Washington, the founder of the American republic, the defender of justice, and the advocate of the rights of men. Already the capital city of the greatest republic the world has seen, had been named in honor of him, already had a vast territory on the Pacific coast been christened in memory of him, already had his honored name been bestowed upon eighteen counties in various states of the Union; but what of that? Was it any reason why a little spot up in the pure and transparent atmosphere of the Allegheny Mountains, should not bear the honored name? The committee who partitioned the county thought not, and so Washington district was checkered on the map of Calhoun County as the most southern one of its sub-divisions.
The district is bounded on the north by Lee, east by Gilmer and Braxton Counties, south by Clay, and southwest and west by Roane County. The surface is mountainous, the lofty summits of which are the culminating points of the western spurs thrown off from the Alleghenies. These hills and mountains are filled with excellent building stone, and scattered over the surface is a limestone which, when collected and burned, makes an excellent fertilizer, Iron ore appears in several localities, doubtless a continuation of the celebrated Elk River black band ore, which contains the highest percentage of any of the West Virginia deposits. Bituminous coal has been discovered at several points, but has not been developed.
Despite the broken and rugged condition of the surface, the soil is very fertile and good crops of cereals and grasses are produced even on the mountain tops. Here is to be found some of the finest timber in the state: the towering oak and the lofty poplar have grown to an enormous size. But the woodman's ax is being applied, and rapidly these monarchs, monuments of ages gone by, are being swept away.
The West Fork of the Little Kanawha flows in a north by west direction through the district, and its tributaries and sub-tributaries, together with Beech Fork, a branch of Henry's Fork, constitute the drainage. Beech Fork flows nearly parallel with the West Fork at Henry's Fork postoffice, on the line between Calhoun and Roane Counties. Left Hand Fork, with Bear Run, its principal tributary, flows west and empties into the West Fork; White Oak Creek flows north and falls into the same.
FIRST SETTLER
The first settler was Peter McCune, who, with his family, found a home in the valley of the West Fork, in the lower part of this district, in the year 1815. Here, the same year, he erected the first cabin in what is now Washington district. It was constructed of small logs or poles, such as he could handle himself, for he had no one to assist him. As one stands and gazes upon the the spot he wonders what the motive could have been that prompted a man to remove his family into such a wilderness as this was seventy years ago. But he was not the only one influenced by such a wilderness as this was seventy years ago. But he was not the only one influenced by such a motive. The solitude of his mountain retreat was soon after disturbed, for Anthony Parsons, Barnabas Cook, Dr. George Conley, Thomas Cottrell, three families of the name of Truman, and Thomas P. Brannan, all sought and found homes on the West Fork.
The first birth that occurred was that of a child of Peter and Margaret McCune, born a short time after their arrival. The first wedding was a double one, two taking place at the same time and place, the high contracting parties being Thomas Barnhouse and Mary Bush, and Thomas Cottrell and Mary Parsons. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. William Hacker.
The first grist mill was erected by Job Truman about the year 1828. It was a small frame building. At first they only ground corn, but later added machinery for grinding wheat. They bolt their flower by hand to this day - 1883. The Poling brothers now have a steam grist mill and saw mill, and do a driving business. Thomas Jarvis erected the first saw mill in 1845. It was an old-fashioned "sash" saw.
FIRST SCHOOL
The first school was taught by Dr. George Conley in the year 1835. The house was a small cabin, erected according to the style of architecture employed in building all the early pioneer school houses. It was located on the right fork of the West Fork. Old waste houses continued to be used for school purposes until 1859, when the Hon. Absalom Knotts, once a distinguished member of the general assembly of Virginia, caused a hewed log house, 18 x 20 ft square, to be erected at his own expense. There are now ten public school buildings, of which seven are hewed log, and three are frame. In 1882 there were 557 pupils enrolled in the schools taught in these houses. The first sermon was preached in 1830 by Barnabas Cook, a minister of the Christian church from Ohio. Eight years, howver, passed away before a society was organized, but in 1836 the Rev. George Martin of the M. E. Church formed a class at the house of Thomas Jarvis.
Among the names there enrolled upon the classbook were those of Joseph Knotts, Mary Knotts, Thomas Jarvis, Alsa Jarvis, Caleb Jarvis, Dianna Jarvis, Hannah Hardway, Patrick Conley, and Tarleton Vaughan and wife.
There is not today a church building in the district, but notwithstanding there are eight organizations, all of which worship in school houses. Of these there are eight organizations, all of which worship in school houses. Of these there are M. E. South, with a aggregate membership of 132; Revs. John A. Black and William Bays are the present ministers. The Baptists have two congregations, and a membership of 100; Daniel Huffman is the pastor. The M. E. Church, also have two societies, and forty members; the present minister is the Rev. David R. Poling. There is one Old School Baptist congregation, numbering thirty, with Rev. Hugh Burns as pastor.
The first Sabbath School was organized in 1847 by the Rev. Abijah Wedge. There are two at present in the district, viz: the Beech Fork and Town Hall schools. Of the former William Boggs is superintendent, and of the latter Oscar Harshman is superindendent, ans Simon A. Knotts, Mary Molholm anf Minorca Knotts are.
Perryville, laid out by Perry Molholm in 1882, is the only village in the district.
# 835 Arnoldsburg Postoffice
1850 Gilmer
George age 50 realestate value 1500.
Peggy 50
Eli
Julia 20
Eunice 18
Sally 15
Thomas 14
Emily 12
George 10
Serena 8
William 6
1860 Calhoun Co census:
CONNOLLY, 835
George Connolly...56...Harrison age 56. Real estate value 2600 Personal Property 622
Margaret...58...Harrison
George C...19...Lewis
Sirena...16...Lewis
William B...14
1860 Calhoun age 56. Realestate value 2600 Personal Property 622 (From Dee Watren)
On marriage record of son 1875, he is showing as George W Connolly
Source: Renick
Margaret BOOHER [Parents] "Peggy" was born 1802 in Harrison Co., VA. She died 1860. Peggy married George C. CONNOLLY on 1826 in Lewis Co., VA.
They had the following children:
M i Eli CONNOLLY was born 1826 and died 1897. M ii Charles Elias CONNOLLY was born 1827 and died 1904. F iii Julia Ann CONNOLLY was born 1829 and died 1906. M iv Uriah CONNOLLY was born 1831 and died 1912. M v Thomas R. CONNOLLY was born 1833 and died 1875. F vi Sarah M. CONNOLLY was born 1836. F vii Amelia CONNOLLY was born 1838. M viii George Coleman CONNOLLY was born 1840 and died 1921. F ix Serena J. CONNOLLY was born 1843 and died 1924. M x William B. CONNOLLY was born 1845 and died 1925. F xi Nancy CONNOLLY.