George Coleman CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1840 in Lewis Co., VA. He died 1921 in Calhoun Co., WV. George married Bathsheba NICHOLAS on 1871.
Other marriages:NULL, Sarah Jane
George married Bathsheba Nicholas February 11, 1871 daughter of JOHN NICHOLS and MAUDE NUTTER.
Source: Renick
Bathsheba NICHOLAS married George Coleman CONNOLLY on 1871.
Caleb Benjamin HEDGES married Serena J. CONNOLLY on 1866 in Calhoun Co., WV.
Serena J. CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1843. She died 1924. Serena married Caleb Benjamin HEDGES on 1866 in Calhoun Co., WV.
Other marriages:DEVORE, David
David DEVORE was born 1839. He married Serena J. CONNOLLY on 1900.
Serena J. CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1843. She died 1924. Serena married David DEVORE on 1900.
Other marriages:HEDGES, Caleb Benjamin
William B. CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1845 in Wirt Co., VA. He died 1925 in OH. William married Mary C. HOPKINS on 1865 in Wood Co., WV.
Other marriages:NUTTER, Ellen Jane
Notes for William B Connolly:
Samuel Connolly (William's nephew) lived in Spencer, West Virginia until 1912. He then bought
land in Meigs County, Ohio. Also buying land at that time in Meigs were William B. Connolly,(his uncle)
Source: Renick
Mary C. HOPKINS married William B. CONNOLLY on 1865 in Wood Co., WV.
William B. CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1845 in Wirt Co., VA. He died 1925 in OH. William married Ellen Jane NUTTER on 1875 in Ritchie Co., WV.
Other marriages:HOPKINS, Mary C.
Notes for William B Connolly:
Samuel Connolly (William's nephew) lived in Spencer, West Virginia until 1912. He then bought
land in Meigs County, Ohio. Also buying land at that time in Meigs were William B. Connolly,(his uncle)
Source: Renick
Ellen Jane NUTTER [Parents] was born 1849. She married William B. CONNOLLY on 1875 in Ritchie Co., WV.
John C. NUTTER married Emily OSFIELD.
Emily OSFIELD married John C. NUTTER.
They had the following children:
F i Ellen Jane NUTTER was born 1849.
Elijah HALL married Nancy CONNOLLY.
Nancy CONNOLLY [Parents] married Elijah HALL.
James MCDADE was born 1749 in Hampshire Co., VA. He died 1833 in Jackson Co., VA. James married Rachel TANNER.
Notes for James McDade:
Pvt 2nd VA Brigade and 8th VA Regiment; Served w Capt Wm Voss of 12th VA reg under Col Wood in Gen Scott's Brigade. Took part in engagements at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Eulaw Spgs & Camden. At Eutaw Spgs rec'd a bayonet thrust through the body & sword wound on the wrist. At Camden rec'd a bullet wound in ankle which rendered him unfit for service. Served 3 yrs. Substituted for Uriah Gandee for 18 months. Rec'd pension in Mason Co, VA
(From: " WV in the Amer Rev" assembled & Edited by Ross B Johnston).
Uriah Gandee states, in his claim for Revolutionary War Pension, that he lived in Pennsylvania and Virginia after the war. He may have returned to Pennsylvania at the time of his discharge, December 1777, but he must have been in Virginia by 1780, as James McDade substituted for him for eighteen months in a Virginia regiment beginning in 1780 and James McDade's application for pension reads: ".. . he was discharged at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania after which discharge he substituted in place of Uriah Gandy for the eighteen months and served under Captain David Williams of the County of Hampshire and in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Campbell . . . ."
(From: Anna Herbertson's book " Some Descendants of Uriah Sr., and Susannah Gandy/Gandee")
Rev War Pension App VA S38193 VA No. 7181 Enlisted from Hampshire Co VA
Placed on pension roll $96 per year 3/5/1819 Mason Co. Received $1435.09 and died 7/30/1833 at age 86.
William Hannamon, Benjamin Cox, and James McDade were the first known English settlers in Jackson County, moving into the Mill Creek area in May 1796. The first two built homes and took up permanent residence in the county. McDade served as an Indian scout, traveling the banks of the Ohio River, with his only companion, a faithful dog, at his side. It was said that his sole ambition in life was to alert some poor traveler of the presence of Indians and preventing them from becoming a victim of what he viewed were murderous savages. (From "Early History of WV Counties")
In the month of May, 1796, William Hannamon, Benjamin Cox and James McDade reared their cabins within the present limits of Union District, and were thus the first to establish civilized homes in what is now Jackson County. The first two became actual settlers and began to fell the forest and cultivate the soil. McDade, who was a soldier in the service of Virginia, selected a site for his future home, but continued to discharge the duties assigned him-that of Indian scout-and many days and nights did he spend in the dreary wilderness between the mouths of the Great and Little Kanawha Rivers, watching to catch a glimpse of the savage foe on the shore of the Old Northwest Territory beyond the Ohio. Jackson County was created in 1831, from parts of Mason, Kanawha and Wood, in compliance with an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed March 1st of that year, and named in honor of the hero of New Orleans, who was at that time President of the United States. The present area of the county is 400 square miles.
(From "Early Settlers of Jackson County by O. J. Morrison")
James McDade was on Mason Co tax rolls in years: 1806, 1807, 1809, 1810, 1811-1814. In 1810 & 1820 census for Mason Co, VA
1810 Mason county census:
James McDade
3m under 10 ---Jesse, Samuel, ?
2m 16-26 ---
1m over 45 ---James
2f under 10 ---Margaret, Nancy???
1f 10-16 --- Susanna or Seany???
1f 16-26 --- Seany??? or Susanna
1f over 45 ---Rachel Grace is already married; Sarah probably is
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1820 Mason Co
James McDade
1 male 16-18 ---???? Sam if born 1804
2 males 16-25 ---Jesse 1800 & Samuel?
1 male 45+ ---James
1 female 10-15 --- Margaret
1 female 16-25 --- Nancy
1 female 26-44 --- Seany This would mean Rachel was already dead
July 1798, page 97. James & Margaret Tanner, Arnold & Elizabeth (can't
see it but he signs later as Cain), George and Nancy Hyde, Jesse & Grace
Hewes, James & Rachel McDade, Edward & Wife Tanner, and Samuel & Wife
Tanner, all of Harrison co, Virginia, to Alexander Sleeth for $1000.00,
1000 Acres. . in the forks of the west fork of the Little Kanawha River.
. . signed James Tanner, Edward Tanner, Samuel Tanner, Jesse Hewes,
James McDade, Arnold Cain. Recorded January 1799.
March 1797, page 98. James & Rachel McDade, of Covington Co, Virginia,
appoints Alexander Sleeth his attorney, to receive of the heirs of
Edward Tanner, deceased, 125 acres of land, his part of 1000 acres just
described. Signed James (X) McDade and Rachel (X) McDade, Wit: James and
Margaret Tanner. Recorded January 1799
1801 James McDade Jr & Sr are both showing on the Kanawha Co Tax list.
Jackson Co Personal Property book of 1831 shows James McDade with 2 horses, mares, colts, mules - Total tax 12; white males 16 & up -- 1
Source: Renick
Rachel TANNER [Parents] was born 1760. She died 1825. Rachel married James MCDADE.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah MCDADE was born 1783 and died 1869. F ii Grace MCDADE was born 1794 and died 1862. M iii Samuel MCDADE was born 1795. F iv Susanna MCDADE was born 1796. M v Jesse MCDADE was born 1800. F vi Seany MCDADE was born 1801.
Edward GREATHOUSE [Parents] "Neddie" was born 1807 in Wirt Co., VA. He died 1897 in Roane Co., WV. Neddie married Matilda BLOSSER on 1833 in Jackson, VA.
Matilda BLOSSER was born 1816. She died 1895. Matilda married Edward GREATHOUSE on 1833 in Jackson, VA.
William H. GREATHOUSE [Parents] was born 1808. He died 1866 in Roane Co., WV. William married Nancy HINKS on 1830.
settled about the year 1830 on a tract of 400 acres, given her by her father, adjoining the Samuel Tanner tract on its north. The Spencer Cemetery on the Spencer and Ravenswood Turnpike, is a part of this land and was given by Nancy Greathouse as a community burial place.
Source: Renick
Nancy HINKS was born 1814. She married William H. GREATHOUSE on 1830.