Johan Philip HERTZEL was born 20 Apr 1743. He died 1815. Johan married Christina Barbara KREILING on 30 Apr 1765 in Hecktown, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
Christina Barbara KREILING was born 1745. She married Johan Philip HERTZEL on 30 Apr 1765 in Hecktown, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
They had the following children:
F i Catherine HERTZEL was born 1769 and died 1793.
They had the following children:
M i Benjamin F. SAMPSON was born 1830 and died before 1880.
Chesley WOODARD married Sally AMICK on 19 Sep 1822 in Rockbridge Co., VA.
Sally AMICK [Parents] married Chesley WOODARD on 19 Sep 1822 in Rockbridge Co., VA.
Louise Reithel cites marriage records for Sally and census information:
1820 Federal Census of Virginia, Rockbridge County. (On microfilm)
(No.277) Sally Amack (26 to 44 yrs.). No other person in household.
(No. 276) William Wilson (26 to 44 yrs.). Also listed in the home was Daniel Wilson (16 to 26 yrs).
The Marriage Record of Sally Amack in Rockbridge Co., Virginia from Rockbridge County, Virginia Marriages, 1778-1850, pg. 238, by Dorthie and Edwin C. Kirkpatrick.
(Published Record) Amick, Sally A. and Chesley Woodard, 19
Sept. 1822, daughter of Nicholas; Minister, V.M. Mason, Bapt
(Court Record) Rockbridge County, VA.
The Marriage Bond of Chesley Woodard and Sally Amack, daughter of Nicholas Amack, signed 19 Sept. 1822.
Securities: Chesley Woodard and Samuel Campbell.
Test: R. McDowell.
John Mays, before Alex Shields, J.P., made oath Sally Amack is over 21 yrs. of age.
No oath made about Chesley Woodard's age. (He was probably a much older man.)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
William Henry AMICK [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 1807 in Virginia. He died 6 Apr 1883 in Nicholas County, W. Va.. William married 4 Delilah WALKER on 17 Jan 1833 in Fayette County, Virginia.
BIRTH: age 43 in 1850 Fayette Census but year of 1810 listed on gravestone.
Delilah WALKER [Parents] 1 was born 2 1815 in Virginia. She died 1893. Delilah married 3 William Henry AMICK on 17 Jan 1833 in Fayette County, Virginia.
spelled Deliah in 1850 US Census of Fayette County
They had the following children:
M i John Walker AMICK was born 28 Oct 1833 and died 6 Jul 1897. M ii James Anderson AMICK was born 4 Nov 1835 and died 2 Jan 1915. F iii Mary Jane AMICK was born 11 Nov 1837 and died 27 Apr 1902. F iv Sarah M. AMICK was born 1 1842 in Virginia. M v Madison AMICK "Matt" was born 1843 in Fayette Co., VA. He died after 1865.
Amick's Independent Scouts
Hounshell's Batt'n Virginia Cav. (Partisan Rangers.)
Amick Madison: 2nd Sgt.,
Amick, Madison Sergeant Sergeant
Two records
Company A
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 1
Ammick, Madison Sergeant Sergeant
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 1
2nd Sgt., Co. A. Enlisted in 1861 in Fayette County, West Virginia. Paroled 4/27/65 at Lewisburg, age 22, light hair and complexion, blue eyes, 5'8". Served in Company C, 22nd Virginia Infantry enlisted on 9/20/62 at Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. He was reported AWOL on the November-December muster of that organization. Farm laborer, age 18, 1860 Fayette County, West Virginia Census.
Paroled at Lewisburg 4/25/65, age 23, dark hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, 5'7".
Lived (1860): Fayette Co., VA: Madison Amick, 18, Farm Laborer, etc.
Enlisted (1862): Private, C Co, 22 Virginia Infantry Regiment, CSA, enlisted Sept 20, 1862 at Charleston. On a scout, Nov, Dec, 1862. AWOL from this unit, Nov, Dec 1863. 2nd Sgt, Co A., Thurmond's VA Partisan Ranger Battalion; paroled at Lewisburg, WV, Apr 27, 1865, age 22, light hair and complexion, blue eyes, 5' 8" tall.----Weaver, Jeffrey C., Thurmond's Battalion, VA Partisan Rangers, CSA (1993).M vi William Andrew AMICK was born 1845. M vii Francis AMICK was born 1 1850 in Virginia. F viii Eliza S. AMICK was born 1852.
John Nicholas AMICK [Parents] was born 1 about 1785 in Pennsylvania. He died after 1840. John married Mary LEAMON on 1806 in Rockbridge County, VA.
Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
"By the time Nicholas and Susanna Emmick left Rockbridge Co. Va., they had a son, Jacob, and three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Catharine Emmick. Nicholas's daughters from his first marriage remained in Rockbridge Co. Va., and his oldest son, Nicholas (III) is believed to have gone to live with Emick/Amick relatives."
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997Dates in census indicate a birth date of 1772 which is not consistent with John Nicholas as his father or with marriage in 1810. This decendency is in question. This could be Henry Amick's brother John George EMICH (1769 - 1850) or an undocumented relation.
Contributed by Cleo Hogan
Lived (1809): Kanawha Co., VA: John Amick, 1 male, 16-65 [John, age 37], on tax list (any women in households are not listed for anyone). [Nicholas Co. formed 1818, partly from Kanawha Co., VA; 1820 is first Nicholas Co., census]Contributed by Cleo Hogan
Lived (1820): Nicholas Co., VA: John Amick: 130001--20010: 1 male, 45+ [John, 48], 1 female, 26-45 [Mary, 40]; 3 males, 10-16 [Wm. Henry,13, John, 12, Jacob, 10]; 2 females, 0-10 [Eva, 10, and ______]; 1 male, 0-10.Contributed by Cleo Hogan
Lived (1830): Nicholas Co., VA: John Amick, Sr. (sic): 02002001--10010010: 1 male, 50-60 [John, 58]; 1 female, 40-50 [Mary, 50]; 2 males, 20-30 [Wm. Henry, 23, John, 22]; 1 female, 15-20 [Eva, 20]; 2 males, 5-10 [Nicholas, 10, David, 6]; 1 female, 0-5.
Contributed by Cleo Hogan
Lived (1840): Nicholas Co., VA: John Amick: 000110001--000100001: 1 male, over 60 [John, 68]; 1 female over 60 [Mary, 60]; 1 male, 20-29 [Nicholas, 20]; 1 female, 15-19 [Eva, 18]; 1 male, 15-19 [David, 16]; enumerated between Mary Cook and Mary Pittsenberger; near John M. Amick.
Contributed by Cleo Hogan
Lived (1850): Fayette Co., VA, House 201: John Amick, age 78, born PA, farmer; Mary Amick, age 70, b. VA; Nicholas Amick, age 29. [ I had not realized John's family was listed in Nicholas from 1820 to 1840]Joseph McNutt came here in 1803, from Rockinghan county, Virginia, and settled on lands adjoining the Cross Lanes. With him came John Amick, a man by the name of Lipstaff and William Patten. The two last named soon left. Joseph McNutt made considerable improvements and in 1814, he sold to Joseph Malcolm one half of his land and afterwards he sold the balance of his land to Wm. Miller and started to move West in 1815 and only got as far as 20 Mile, and was there detained by sickness.--He changed his purpose andbought land on Richcreek and built a grist and saw-mill and done well, and there ended his days about 1864.
Source: West Virginia History, A Quarterly Magazine, Cecile R. Goodall, Editor; Volume XVI; January, 1955; Number 2; excerpt from Nicholas County's first Settlers, written by Edward Campbell in 1883; page 137
Mary LEAMON [Parents] "Polly" was born 1780 in Virginia. She died after 1869 in Fayette County, VA. Polly married John Nicholas AMICK on 1806 in Rockbridge County, VA.
Notes for MARY "POLLY" LEAMON:
Know all men by these presents that we John Emick & Valentine Kiger are held and firmly bound to John Page, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia or his successors .........sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well & truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors & jointly and severally firmly by these presents, Witness our hands and seals this 3rd day of Jany, 1804 (sic). (1808 lined through)
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a (marriage?) is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound John Emick & Polly Leamon orphan of Alexr Leamon, decd......
If therefore there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force.
Teste: A. Reid, Cl John (his X mark) Emick [LS]
Valentine Kriger [LS](original) Marriage Bonds, Rockbridge Co., VA, I believe, sent to me (Cleo G. Hogan) by Sandy Murray Jeranko, gdau of Capt John Amick:
They had the following children:
M i Jacob AMICK was born about 1806 and died 25 Oct 1850. M ii William Henry AMICK was born 1807 and died 6 Apr 1883. M iii John AMICK was born 1820. F iv Eva AMICK was born 1810. M v Nicholas AMICK 1 was born 1821. He died after 1880.
Notes for NICHOLAS AMICK:
Living (1850): Fayette Co., VA, House 201
Living (1860): Fayette Co., VA, House 640.
Living (1880): Fayette Co., WV, House 457.M vi David AMICK was born 1824.
John AMICK [Parents] 1 was born 1820. He married 2 Elizabeth BURDETTE on 11 Apr 1833 in Fayette County, Virginia.
AAmick's Independent Scouts
Hounshell's Batt'n Virginia Cav. (Partisan Rangers.)
Amick, John Jr.:
Ameck Jr., John Private Private
Company A
Two records
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 1
Amick Jr., John A Private Private
Two records
Alternate Name John/Ameck Jr.
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 1
Enlisted 1862 at Lewisburg. Paroled 4/25/65at Lewisburg, age 45, light hair and complexion, blue eyes, 5'11".
[this could be John Amick's son; Nicholas Amick line]
Born 1820
Lived (1830): Greenbrier Co., VA: 3 males, 20-30 [John Amick, 22?, _________ & _________; 1 female, 20-30 [_________]; 2 females, 0-5 [________ & __________].
Lived (1840): [NOT Greenbrier or Nicholas Co., VA.............]
Lived (1850): Fayette Co., VA, House 194, John Amick, 42; Elizabeth 36; James R., 16; F. M., 14; Delila, 10; Sarah J., 8; Martha, 6; Alexander, 3; E. K. (f), 8/12.
Lived (1880): Fayette Co., VA: John Amick, 65, Farmer
Elizabeth BURDETTE married 1 John AMICK on 11 Apr 1833 in Fayette County, Virginia.
They had the following children:
M i James Robinson AMICK was born 1834. M ii Francis Marion AMICK was born 1836 and died 17 Aug 1907. F iii Delila AMICK was born 1840. F iv Sarah J. AMICK was born 1842. F v Marthia Walker AMICK was born 1844. F vi Elizabeth K. AMICK was born Dec 1849. M vii William Thompson AMICK was born 1855. F viii Mary E. AMICK was born 1857. M ix Preston AMICK was born 1860.
William PITTSENBARGER [Parents] was born 1803 in Pendleton Co., VA. He died 15 Jul 1887 in Nicholas Co., WV. William married Eva AMICK on 9 Apr 1830 in Pendleton Co., VA.
Eva AMICK [Parents] 1 was born 1810. She married William PITTSENBARGER on 9 Apr 1830 in Pendleton Co., VA.
David AMICK [Parents] 1 was born 1824 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth A. QUERY on 20 Apr 1845.
Lived (1850): Fayette Co., VA, House 198: David Amick, 26; E. A. (f), 26; L. M. (f), 6; John M., 3; William P., 4/12.
Lived (1860): Nicholas Co., VA, House 162-133: David Amick, 40, b. VA, Farmer; Elizabeth, 35, b. VA, wife; Sarah M., 15, b. VA, domestic; John M., 13, b. VA; Preston, 10, b. VA; Frances, 7, b. VA; Jerry (sic--Beccy??], 3, b. VA; Liza S., 6/12, b. VA; enumerated between Manuel L. Martin, 27 and Nicholas Amick, 45.
Lived (1870): Nicholas Co., WV, Wilderness Twp, House 80-80: David Amick, 50, b. WV, Farmer; Rebecca (sic), 45; Preston, 18, Farm Laborer; Francis, 16, Farm Laborer; Eliza, 8. [this needs review; something is missing?-Cleo]; enumerated adjacent to Christopher Eye, 46.
Lived (1880): Nicholas Co., WV: David Amick, 56, b. WV, fa b. PA, mo b. WVA, Farmer; Elizabeth A., 56, b. WVA, fa b. IR, mo b. EN; Wife, Keeping House.
Elizabeth A. QUERY was born 1824 in Virginia. She married David AMICK on 20 Apr 1845.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Martha AMICK was born 1844 and died 1934. ii L. M. AMICK was born 1845 in VA. M iii John M. AMICK was born 1847 in Fayette Co., VA. M iv William Preston AMICK was born 1850. F v Rebecca AMICK was born 1851 in Nicholas Co., VA. M vi Francis AMICK was born 1854 in Nicholas Co., VA. M vii Jerry AMICK was born 1857. F viii Eliza S. AMICK was born 1859 in Nicholas Co., VA.
John Walker AMICK [Parents] "Little John" was born 1 28 Oct 1833 in Virginia. He died 6 Jul 1897. Little John married Mary Jane BURDETTE.
Other marriages:HAGERMAN, Susan Madeline
Amick's Independent Scouts
Hounshell's Batt'n Virginia Cav. (Partisan Rangers.)
Amick, John W. "little John"
Amick, John Captain Captain
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 1
Enlisted unknown. Present on 4/1/64 as member of 1st Brigade Army of Southwest Virginia. He was also present on morning report dated 2/27/65. Resident of Landisburg Community, Fayette County per one reference, resident of Russellville, West Virginia per another.
[This is William Henry's son John W.; John Amick line]
"I know that Little John, Capt. John Walker Amick was my grandfather, and that he conducted guerilla warfare, that there was a price on his head, and that Delila told the Dam Yankees, who said they would hang her son on the highest tree in Fayette County, "that catchin' came before hangin'."
I do not think that he (Capt. "Little John" Amick) resigned his commission. He was called Captain until he died, and when they had celebrations at Lewisburg, they always sent for him to come. He and General Imboden were friends until he died, too..............ect.........."--Mildred "Sandy" Murray Jeranko, Frisco, NC, ltr to Cleo Hogan, July 17, 1977.Enlisted (ca 1862): John W. Amick, Captain, Co. A, Hounshell's or Thurmond's Battalion, VA Partisan Rangers, CSA. Present on Apr 1, 1864 as member of 1st Brigade, Army of Southwest VA. Also present on morning report dated Feb 27, 1865; paroled Jun 24, 1865 at Charleston, WV.----Weaver, Jeffrey C., Thurmond's Partisan Rangers (1993). [there is some confusion here in Weaver; needs further study..........]
"My grandfather, his Uncle John, and another John Amick were all in the same Company A., Hounshell's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, CSA. One was my father's uncle, a very large man, commonly called Big John, another was Big John's cousin, being smaller in stature and was called Little John, and the third was my father, who being tall and slender was called, Long John to distinguish him from the older men. Little John became Captain of this Company A and was thereafter commonly called Captain John. Big John, while on furlough at his home in Nicholas County, was killed in attempting to evade capture by a guerilla band under the command of a guerilla captain named Riley Ramsey. Following this incident, a squad from the army failed in an attempt to capture Riley Ramsey at his home, and Captain John resigned his commission in order to engage personally in guerilla warfare, hoping thereby to more effectively protect his community and people against the activities of those of anti-Confederate point of view. His activities as a guerilla attracted attention to the extent that the Federal Government offered a substantial cash award for him, delivered either dead or alive. Shortly thereafter, he was captured by Federal troops, but escaped by leaping from a second story window in a private home where he was being held, was successful thereafter in eluding his pursuers and after the war spent the remainder of his life in or near Nicholas County"----John C. Amick, in "John Amick" (105 pp).
Lived (1880): Fayette Co., WV, Sewell Mtn Dist, p. 50: John W. Amick, 47, b. WV, fa b. VA, mo. b. VA, Laborer; Susan (wife), 24, b. VA; Sallie, 1 (dau), b. WV; Ewin, 13 (son), b. KY.
Dear Mr. Kenney [Cal Kenney, Hico, WV]:
Your article that was printed June 9, 1975, concerning the death of my uncle Bill Amick, came to me yesterday (March 16) via Mrs. Albert Amick of Charleston. I do appreciate the kind things that you have said about a group of dearly beloved people. My mother was Jes Amick of Richwood.
The reason you did not find a grave for Capt. John Amick is that his body was moved first to Ravenseye to be near his father, William Henry Amick, and his mother, Delilah Walker (an aunt of Dr. John W. Walker of Winona). Anderson, his brother, lived at Ravenseye until his death. Later, Capt. John's body was taken to Bethel and buried beside the body of his first wife, Mary Jane Burdette. We are not sure who the father and mother of William Henry were. Aunt Syd DeWitt said he had brothers named Dave, Nick and Samuel. The 1850 census for Fayette, living in adjoining numbered areas are Samuel, David, William Henry, John, aged 78, Mary, 70 and Nicholas, 29. There were several other Amick families, one named John. In 1860, John must have been dead, for Mary, 80, is still living with Nicholas, and he was 41, I think.
This is all the evidence I have on the older generations of this particular family, but if you or any of the people you talk with know something about them, I would appreciate hearing from you. The Amicks were Methodists for the most part, and the Hagermans were Presbyterians. Martha Hagerman was a charter member of the Salines Presbyterian Church at Malden, and she was the mother of William G. Hagerman.
We grew up hearing stories of some of the people you mentioned, and they were as real to us as if we knew them personally. The Rev. James Haynes was the father of Dr. Robert and Dr. H. H. Haynes, who practiced medicine at Clarksburg until their deaths. Dr. H. H. Haynes was the inventor of the Haynes hospital bed, a wonder in its day.
Aunt Syd took me to Nallen to visit some of the Bayses, but I was young and do not remember any names except Nona and Lemon, and I do not know whether they lived there or at Quinwood.
Oh, what wouldn't I give to talk with the lady who went to school to my Grandmother Amick. She taught us all when she was with us, and I have some built-in memories of her that I hope never dim. Her children and grandchildren loved and respected her, as did anyone who knew her.
Grandfather John Amick died in 1893 when Uncle Dick was about three years old. Sometimes after this the family moved to Richwood, and I have an account from some of the family of that trip over the mountains from Fayette to Richwood, with Uncle Fred assuming the role of the head of the household at 16.
Many thanks. If you know of anyone who would do some research for me so that I can find out more about the people who lived at Mountain Cove, and where they might be buried, I would certainly appreciate hearing from them.----Sandy Jeranko, Box 115, Frisco, NC 27936.--"Clifty; Catching Up With History" by Cal Kenney, Meadow River Post, late 1976.
More About JOHN WALKER AMICK, CAPT, CSA:
Burial: Bethel Meth. Ch. Cem, Corliss, WV
Mary Jane BURDETTE was born 22 Jun 1843. She died 3 Jan 1875. Mary married John Walker AMICK.
They had the following children:
M i James DePriest AMICK was born 5 Oct 1861 and died 1946. ii Ewin AMICK was born 1866. Ewin died 1929. F iii Martha B. AMICK. F iv Eunice AMICK was born 1869. She died 1906.
John Walker AMICK [Parents] "Little John" was born 1 28 Oct 1833 in Virginia. He died 6 Jul 1897. Little John married 2 Susan Madeline HAGERMAN on 21 Feb 1878 in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Other marriages:BURDETTE, Mary Jane
Amick's Independent Scouts
Hounshell's Batt'n Virginia Cav. (Partisan Rangers.)
Amick, John W. "little John"
Amick, John Captain Captain
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 1
Enlisted unknown. Present on 4/1/64 as member of 1st Brigade Army of Southwest Virginia. He was also present on morning report dated 2/27/65. Resident of Landisburg Community, Fayette County per one reference, resident of Russellville, West Virginia per another.
[This is William Henry's son John W.; John Amick line]
"I know that Little John, Capt. John Walker Amick was my grandfather, and that he conducted guerilla warfare, that there was a price on his head, and that Delila told the Dam Yankees, who said they would hang her son on the highest tree in Fayette County, "that catchin' came before hangin'."
I do not think that he (Capt. "Little John" Amick) resigned his commission. He was called Captain until he died, and when they had celebrations at Lewisburg, they always sent for him to come. He and General Imboden were friends until he died, too..............ect.........."--Mildred "Sandy" Murray Jeranko, Frisco, NC, ltr to Cleo Hogan, July 17, 1977.Enlisted (ca 1862): John W. Amick, Captain, Co. A, Hounshell's or Thurmond's Battalion, VA Partisan Rangers, CSA. Present on Apr 1, 1864 as member of 1st Brigade, Army of Southwest VA. Also present on morning report dated Feb 27, 1865; paroled Jun 24, 1865 at Charleston, WV.----Weaver, Jeffrey C., Thurmond's Partisan Rangers (1993). [there is some confusion here in Weaver; needs further study..........]
"My grandfather, his Uncle John, and another John Amick were all in the same Company A., Hounshell's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, CSA. One was my father's uncle, a very large man, commonly called Big John, another was Big John's cousin, being smaller in stature and was called Little John, and the third was my father, who being tall and slender was called, Long John to distinguish him from the older men. Little John became Captain of this Company A and was thereafter commonly called Captain John. Big John, while on furlough at his home in Nicholas County, was killed in attempting to evade capture by a guerilla band under the command of a guerilla captain named Riley Ramsey. Following this incident, a squad from the army failed in an attempt to capture Riley Ramsey at his home, and Captain John resigned his commission in order to engage personally in guerilla warfare, hoping thereby to more effectively protect his community and people against the activities of those of anti-Confederate point of view. His activities as a guerilla attracted attention to the extent that the Federal Government offered a substantial cash award for him, delivered either dead or alive. Shortly thereafter, he was captured by Federal troops, but escaped by leaping from a second story window in a private home where he was being held, was successful thereafter in eluding his pursuers and after the war spent the remainder of his life in or near Nicholas County"----John C. Amick, in "John Amick" (105 pp).
Lived (1880): Fayette Co., WV, Sewell Mtn Dist, p. 50: John W. Amick, 47, b. WV, fa b. VA, mo. b. VA, Laborer; Susan (wife), 24, b. VA; Sallie, 1 (dau), b. WV; Ewin, 13 (son), b. KY.
Dear Mr. Kenney [Cal Kenney, Hico, WV]:
Your article that was printed June 9, 1975, concerning the death of my uncle Bill Amick, came to me yesterday (March 16) via Mrs. Albert Amick of Charleston. I do appreciate the kind things that you have said about a group of dearly beloved people. My mother was Jes Amick of Richwood.
The reason you did not find a grave for Capt. John Amick is that his body was moved first to Ravenseye to be near his father, William Henry Amick, and his mother, Delilah Walker (an aunt of Dr. John W. Walker of Winona). Anderson, his brother, lived at Ravenseye until his death. Later, Capt. John's body was taken to Bethel and buried beside the body of his first wife, Mary Jane Burdette. We are not sure who the father and mother of William Henry were. Aunt Syd DeWitt said he had brothers named Dave, Nick and Samuel. The 1850 census for Fayette, living in adjoining numbered areas are Samuel, David, William Henry, John, aged 78, Mary, 70 and Nicholas, 29. There were several other Amick families, one named John. In 1860, John must have been dead, for Mary, 80, is still living with Nicholas, and he was 41, I think.
This is all the evidence I have on the older generations of this particular family, but if you or any of the people you talk with know something about them, I would appreciate hearing from you. The Amicks were Methodists for the most part, and the Hagermans were Presbyterians. Martha Hagerman was a charter member of the Salines Presbyterian Church at Malden, and she was the mother of William G. Hagerman.
We grew up hearing stories of some of the people you mentioned, and they were as real to us as if we knew them personally. The Rev. James Haynes was the father of Dr. Robert and Dr. H. H. Haynes, who practiced medicine at Clarksburg until their deaths. Dr. H. H. Haynes was the inventor of the Haynes hospital bed, a wonder in its day.
Aunt Syd took me to Nallen to visit some of the Bayses, but I was young and do not remember any names except Nona and Lemon, and I do not know whether they lived there or at Quinwood.
Oh, what wouldn't I give to talk with the lady who went to school to my Grandmother Amick. She taught us all when she was with us, and I have some built-in memories of her that I hope never dim. Her children and grandchildren loved and respected her, as did anyone who knew her.
Grandfather John Amick died in 1893 when Uncle Dick was about three years old. Sometimes after this the family moved to Richwood, and I have an account from some of the family of that trip over the mountains from Fayette to Richwood, with Uncle Fred assuming the role of the head of the household at 16.
Many thanks. If you know of anyone who would do some research for me so that I can find out more about the people who lived at Mountain Cove, and where they might be buried, I would certainly appreciate hearing from them.----Sandy Jeranko, Box 115, Frisco, NC 27936.--"Clifty; Catching Up With History" by Cal Kenney, Meadow River Post, late 1976.
More About JOHN WALKER AMICK, CAPT, CSA:
Burial: Bethel Meth. Ch. Cem, Corliss, WV
Susan Madeline HAGERMAN [Parents] was born 14 Mar 1856. She died 4 Apr 1929. Susan married 1 John Walker AMICK on 21 Feb 1878 in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Proposal (ca 1900): Richwood, WV: "Samuel [H. Amick] came to Richwood about 1900 when he was about 80 and asked my Grandmother [Susan M. Hagerman Amick, widow of Capt. John W. Amick] to marry him, or so her sons say. He was furious when she refused and never came back. By then he had been married three times. He lived near them [her sons?] and close to where Grandmother taught school."----Mildred "Sandy" Murray Jeranko, Fristo, NC, ltr to Cleo Hogan, Jan 1, 1978.
They had the following children:
F i Sally Watkins AMICK was born 1 Mar 1879 and died Nov 1957. M ii Frederick AMICK was born 16 Aug 1880. He died 1937. F iii Elizabeth Bailey AMICK was born 20 Mar 1886. She died 18 Aug 1925. F iv Jessie Lenore AMICK was born 25 Dec 1887. She died 25 Nov 1955. M v William Henry AMICK was born 6 Jan 1890 and died May 1975.