Jacob DOTSON [Parents].
DOTSON, German.
Jacob Dotson and his brother Richard came to Nicholas soon after the County was organized. Richard Dotson purchased Lot No. 30 in the Town of Summersville, from Addison McLaughlin, and then disappears from the record. Jacob Dotson bought 118 acres of land on Peters Creek from Edward Rion in 1830. His sons, Andrew J., Jacob L., Jackson and Isaac F., are mentioned in his Will of record in Will Book No. 1, at
page 196. His daughters were Sarah A. Wiseman, Eliza Bays, and Virginia Halstead.
Source: The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvnichol/families/Dotson.htm
He had the following children:
M i Andrew J. DOTSON. M ii Jacob L. DOTSON. M iii Isaac F. DOTSON. F iv Eliza DOTSON. F v Sarah A. DOTSON. F vi Virginia DOTSON.
Eliza DOTSON [Parents] married BAYS.
WISEMAN married Sarah A. DOTSON.
Sarah A. DOTSON [Parents] married WISEMAN.
Jacob L. DOTSON [Parents].
Jacob L. Dotson had seven sons, Lightburn, Logan, Alexander, John, Daniel, James and Edward. Lightburn Dotson taught school and later became a minister of the Methodist Church. Logan S. Dotson was one of the founders of the Nicholas Republican and was assessor of Nicholas County, and active in politics. James J. Dotson was a well-know
teacher and for many years owner and editor of the Nicholas Republican. Edward Dotson is a justice of the peace living in Summersville.
Source: The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
He had the following children:
M i Lightburn DOTSON. M ii Logan DOTSON. M iii Alexander DOTSON. M iv John DOTSON. M v Daniel DOTSON. M vi James DOTSON. M vii Edward DOTSON.
Isaac F. DOTSON [Parents].
He had the following children:
M i Richard DOTSON. M ii Addison Mac DOTSON. M iii Peter K. DOTSON.
Madison HUGHES [Parents].
He had the following children:
M i Mathew Arbuckle HUGHES.
Edward HUGHES [Parents].
Edward Hughes, son of Thomas, made the first improvement on the McCutcheon farm at Cross Lanes. He had a large family and patented large tracts of land in different parts of the County. One tract of 1,000 acres lay along Gauley River above and below Hughes Ferry. William McClung of Greenbrier was granted a tract of 43,000 acres on the opposite side of the river and the closing line from Dogwood Gap to the beginning corner near the ferry was protracted, but found to actually cross the river. A famous lawsuit followed between McClung and Hughes, which ended after about fifteen years when the Supreme Court of Virginia held the river should be the dividing line. His two sons were William and Madison. Madison owned and operated the ferry all his life. His sons Mathew and Virgil and their numerous descendants are well known.
Judge Guthrie, formerly of Kanawha Circuit Court, was a grandson of Edward Hughes.
Source: The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
He had the following children:
M i Madison HUGHES.
HUGHES, Scotch-Irish.
Thomas Hughes, a Revolutionary soldier, came from Prince William County, Virginia, soon after the Revolution, and aided in building the fort at the mouth of Hughes Creek , named for him. He built the first cabin on Laurel Creek, near where old Bethel Church once stood. Here he had a hunting camp. He died at the fort at Hughes Creek in 1794.
Source: The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
He had the following children:
M i Edward HUGHES.
He had the following children:
M i Jacob KESSLER was born 1797 and died 1881. M ii Frederick KESSLER.
Frederick KESSLER [Parents].
Fred Kessler, Junior, married Mary Groves and located in Kentucky District. In 1853 he and John R. Vaughan established a store at the intersection of two county roads passing the John Hamilton farm. The post office located there was named Kesslers Cross Lanes. Descendants of these pioneers settled in Nicholas and Fayette counties.
Source:The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
He had the following children:
M i Fred KESSLER Jr..