Re: Need Friend Family Info.
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Need Friend Family Info.
Brenda Line 12/15/05
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"...I have a John Green King in my family tree born 1-28-1796 from WV died 2-11-1861. Married a Sarah Friend, Sarah was born in 1798. There is a possibility that Joseph Friend born 1768 is her father and Sarah Green born 1777 from Preston, WV her mother. Not sure of this. Can anyone help...."
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Hi there,
I also have John Green King (s/o John King & Elizabeth Green) married to:
1st wife: Sarah Green Friend (d/o Joseph Friend and Sarah Green)
I list John & Sarah with four sons: 1) Johnson, 2) Jesse, 3) Joseph and 4) Isaac King.
2nd wife: Jane Barnett (d/o Hester and James Barnett)
I list John & Jane with: 9 children: 1) James Bernard, 2) Hester Ann, 3) John B., 4) William E., 5) Archibal C., 6) Mary B., 7) Hattie, 8) Ellen, and 9) Elizabeth King
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John Green King and 1st wife Sarah Green Friend are first cousins, their mothers Elizabeth and Sarah Green are sisters, both the d/o Mary & John Green.
(Mother Mary's maiden name is thought to have been Edmundson).
The story of the Green family is as follows:
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"....In 1783 a Cheat region settler, John Green, fell under the blade of the tomahawk. His wife, baby, and two girls were made captive. The baby was murdered outright; the wife escaped four years later; the girls were ramsomed after nine years of captivity. Sarah, a third daughter, was wounded but escaped and later married Joseph Friend of the Youghiogheny, a son of "Old John."
Source - Garrett County, A History of Maryland's Tableland, by Stephen Schlosnagle. (see pg. 49.)
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The incident is also covered in more detail in "Indian Blood" by Evelyn Guard Olsen:
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"...John Green was an early settler on Buffalo (Green's Run) Run on the Cheat River adjoining James Morgan in Western Virginia, now Preston Co, WV, where he patented a tract of land in 1783. In the spring of 1788, hostile Indians (6 Minquoes, lead by a Shawnee) attacked the Green settlement. They shot Sarah, a half grown daughter, in the arm. She fell and the red men attacked the family in the cabin. There was a fight, but the father, John Green, was taken outside and tomahawked. The mother, with a baby in her arms, and two girls, were made captives.
As they marched westward, the baby cried so much the savages became annoyed. Two men led the mother ahead while another took the baby. When she turned to look she saw the Indians beat out its brains against a sapling.
Mrs. Mary Green was kept a prisoner four years. There were several prisoners at the Indian Camp when a feast was held. One of the prisoners gave their guard a bottle of whiskey. While he slept they escaped. They traveled four days to the settlement with only some turkey eggs to suck. Mrs. Green later married a Spurgion.
The girls remained with the Indians nine years. When they were ransomed by two white traders, whom they married - Elizabeth to Andrew Johnson and Mary to a man named Saurhaver.
When the Indians attacked the family in the cabin, Sarah, then 11 years old, hid under the root of a tree. After they left she made her way to friends. Her arm was permanently crippled. She married Joseph Friend, of Youghiogheny..,.." "...Joseph was the son of old John...." "...Joseph and Sarah Friend was deeded one hundred acres of the Green property to Moses Rayse in 1796...."
Source: Indian Blood by Evelyn Guard Olsen, Chapter IX....."
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From the "History of Preston Co, WV, (1882) Wiley" p. 223
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"...After the defeat of the Indians by Gen. Wayne and the treaty of peace of 1795 was concluded where the city of Cincinnati now stands, the two daughters of Greene were found, one of the provisions of the treaty being that all the prisoners should be set at liberty.
Sarah was the wife of a man by the name of Sourhaver
(NOTE: historians Charles E. Hoye and Evelyn Guard Olsen both identify this child as MARY not Sarah.)
and Elizabeth the wife of a man by the name of King, both French traders.
The girls wanted to come home and King not caring to leave his pursuits, sold his wife to a soldier by the name of Johnson, who took charge of her and her little son by the name of John King. As the Indian marriages were not recognized as valid, Johnson married Mrs. King according to our laws and returned to this neighborhood, some seventy-six years ago.
Sourhaver returned with his wife, remained at their mother's for a short time, sold out their interest in the Greene lands to my father, and returned to the Indians.Their descendants may be Indian chiefs, now bravely contending for the golden treasures of the Black Hills.
Johnson and his wife lived and died in this county, living beside John King, five children, Jesse, Isaac, Greene, Sarah and Rebecca. All the children of Elizabeth settled in this county....."
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Joseph Friend and Sarah Green had the following 8 children:
1) John Green, 2) Andrew Coleman (Sr.), 3) Sarah Green,4) Elizabeth, 5)Joseph Green, 6) Mary Ann (Polly), 7) Josiah Green, and 8) William Edmundson (Sr.) Friend
Also from my notes:
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Joseph Friend is probably the young son of John Lewis (Sr) Friend (aka "Old John", the first white settler of Garrett Co. MD) who was asked to accompany the Indian Chief to his Indian village overnight soon after Old John and his family arrived on the site now known as Friendsville in Garrett Co. MD.
Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 47
Joseph Friend resided on "Friend's Choice". near Friendsville. He married Sarah, daughter of John Green. They settled at the "Gleanings" (Sang Run). Source - Capt. Charles E. Hoye, "Glades Star", No. 8, Dec. 31, 1942.
Joseph Friend was allotted two military lots as a settler in 1787. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 75.
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Joseph Friend owned "Lapwing", a part of the "Gleanings". Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 68.
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In the 1800 census, Joseph Friend was listed as head of a household of seven. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 87.
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The home of Joseph Friend became the Crossings' first Methodist meeting place. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 80.
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Joseph Friend had lost two children in a fire that burned his home at Green Glade.Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 163.
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Hope this helps,
Bye for now,
Kathleen
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