Robert L. CAVENDISH was born 1852. He died 1933. Robert married Sarah A. LEGG on 11 Jul 1878 in Fayette County, WV.
Sarah A. LEGG [Parents] was born 1858. She died 1921. Sarah married Robert L. CAVENDISH on 11 Jul 1878 in Fayette County, WV.
Edward W. LEGG [Parents] was born Apr 1860 in Fayette County, VA. He died 1904. Edward married Melcena Alice SKAGGS.
Melcena Alice SKAGGS was born 1863. She married Edward W. LEGG.
Samuel W. DORSEY Sr. was born 24 Jan 1798 in Maryland. He died 1 May 1875 in Nicholas County, VA. Samuel married Nancy Myra NUTTER on 23 Oct 1823 in Nicholas County, VA.
Nancy Myra NUTTER [Parents] was born 1802 in Broad Run, Monroe County, VA. She died 1848 in Nicholas County, VA. Nancy married Samuel W. DORSEY Sr. on 23 Oct 1823 in Nicholas County, VA.
They had the following children:
M i Samuel W. DORSEY Jr. was born Oct 1822 and died Apr 1909. F ii Mary DORSEY. M iii Franklin M. DORSEY was born 1827 and died 1917. F iv Christina N. DORSEY was born 3 Apr 1828 and died 27 Feb 1917. M v Cornelius C. DORSEY was born 1830 and died after 1912. F vi Rachel M. DORSEY was born 26 Dec 1832 and died 1911. M vii David Nutter DORSEY was born 1834 and died 1924. M viii Jacob Hance Henderson DORSEY was born 1839 and died 1900. M ix William Alexander DORSEY was born 4 Mar 1841 and died 1930.
Samuel W. DORSEY Jr. [Parents] was born Oct 1822. He died Apr 1909 in Ophelia, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Samuel married Diana W. KNIGHT on 1843.
Some have questioned the addition of Samuel to this group; however, he was living in the home of Polly and Chris Eye at the time of the 1900 census and recorded as brother-in law. A.S. Nutter also included him in his manuscript, the 'Nutter Family History".
Diana W. KNIGHT was born 1819. She died 1909. Diana married Samuel W. DORSEY Jr. on 1843.
Christopher EYE was born 12 Jul 1823. He died 12 Jul in 1923. Christopher married Mary DORSEY on 19 Apr 1844.
Mary DORSEY [Parents] married Christopher EYE on 19 Apr 1844.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah J. EYE was born 22 Feb 1845 and died 1893. F ii Elizabeth EYE was born 9 Oct 1846. F iii Christina EYE was born 12 May 1849 and died 1903. M iv Cornelius Callaham EYE was born 22 Mar 1851. F v Rachel Miller EYE was born 26 Jun 1854. She died 1861. F vi Mary Catherine EYE was born 11 Apr 1857. F vii Barbara Alice EYE was born 16 Mar 1860. She died 1861. F viii Ledonia Bransford EYE was born 22 May 1862.
Peter Washington NUTTER married Elizabeth EYE on 25 Jan 1866.
Elizabeth EYE [Parents] was born 9 Oct 1846 in Monroe County, VA. She died in Denver, Colorado. Elizabeth married Peter Washington NUTTER on 25 Jan 1866.
John Cleveland AMICK [Parents] was born 21 Dec 1887 in Cloud County, Kansas. He died 1965. John married Pearl Marie MCHINNES on 16 Oct 1912.
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). [I think this is "Long" John's son, John Cleveland Amick??] [David, can you confirm--and, did we ever find a copy of this 105pp manuscript?] Cleo.
Had heard a story of yankees searching for John, tellling his mom they would hang him to the highest tree in fayette county, she replied "you have to catch 'em before you hang him"
Pearl Marie MCHINNES was born 1891. She married John Cleveland AMICK on 16 Oct 1912.
Cornelius Callaham EYE [Parents] was born 22 Mar 1851. He died in California. Cornelius married Anna MCCUTCHEON.
Anna MCCUTCHEON was born 1854. She married Cornelius Callaham EYE.
Andrew Alexander KYLE was born 1855. He married Mary Catherine EYE.
Mary Catherine EYE [Parents] was born 11 Apr 1857. She married Andrew Alexander KYLE.
Franklin M. DORSEY [Parents] was born 1827. He died 1917. Franklin married Adeline SERRAT.
Adeline SERRAT was born 1830. She married Franklin M. DORSEY.
They had the following children: