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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
Chalkley, Lyman. Baltimore, MD, USA: 1912.
CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I."
JUDGMENTS.
Below is a couple of excerts from a book that mentions many names of some early Kanawha, Mason & Wood County, (West) Virginia settlers.
CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
Chalkley, Lyman. Baltimore, MD, USA: 1912.
CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I."
JUDGMENTS.
Page 108
Gerard Brisco vs. Isaac Williams and Rebeccah and Joseph Tomlinson-- O. S. 103; N. S. 35--Bill in Harrison County. In spring of 1772 Gerard Brisco, John and Permenus Brisco and Joseph West became adventurers in the Western country. Wheeling was their object, but they found the lands already taken. In talking with sundry of the settlers and particularly with Joseph Tomlinson, ---- Martin, now deceased, late husband of Rebekah Martin, now wife of Isaac Williams, and by their advice they went down the Ohio to mouth of Muskingum and took possession of the place afterwards called Point Poteeme (Patience?) which was allotted to John Brisco. And the land opposite to Gerard Brisco. Orator came from Maryland. William Crawford, a surveyor of Augusta, was murdered by the Indians. ---- Martin, Rebecca's husband, was killed while hunting or trading with the Indians. Answer states, in fall of 1769 Samuel Tomlinson improved and settled the land and finally, in 1773, with Benj. Tomlinson, went there with a canoe of provisions. Rebecca was sister of Samuel Tomlinson, then Rebecca Martin, widow of John Martin. Samuel, Benjamin and Joseph were brothers. Permenus Briscoe and John Wilson depose in Woodford County, Kentucky, December, 1795. Nathaniel Tomlinson was also at Wheeling. John Wilson was one of the first party with Brisco in 1772. Gen. John Nevill deposes in Pittsburg. Benj. Tomlinson, aged 44, deposes in Allegheny County, Maryland, 14th April, 1796.
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Andrew Fowler, Thomas Nappe, Arthur Watts's representatives, John Fox, Francis Self, Robert Stuart, Robert Murphy, John Smith, Alexr. Kinny, Wm. McAnulty, Mary Horn, and the following squatters, viz: Caleb Bailey, John Stockley, John Neal, Hugh Phillips (Phelps). Following persons petition to be made defendants as claiming title to some of the lands, viz: Mason Foley, Valentine Cooper, Oliver Hutchison, John Barnett, Matson Rieley, Thos. Leach, R---- Madox, James Beatty, Leonard Cap-linger, William Ratliff, Stephen Radcliff, Thos. Bucher, Saml. Barvelt, John Badgley, David Caul (Creel), Henry Deputy. Look up case of Coleman vs. Buffington. Certificates by Dunmore that William Bronaugh is entitled to 3,000 acres for services in the late war agreeable to proclamation of 1763 and wishes to locate it in Augusta County, on Ohio River, adjoining Dr. John Briscoe. Dated 1774. Andrew Fowler answers that he was a soldier at battle of Great Meadows and in Braddock's War. Sworn to in Bath County. Mary Horn of Spottsylvania County answers. She is sister of Wm. Magee, a volunteer in 1754 and 1755 in Braddock's War, and died in service. She was married 5th May, 1763, to Herod Horn in Spottsylvania County. James Neal made a settlement at mouth of Little Kanawha in 1772. In same year Benj. Harding made a settlement adjoining. Mark Harding, ditto. Henry Castle ditto, in 1773. James Gillespie petitions to be made a defendant. Owner of tract under Paul Armstrong who made the settlement. James Neal answers. In 1753 encouragements were held out by the Royal Government to settlers on western waters. Washington, on his return from Venango in December, 1753, or January, 1754, met many families crossing the Alleghenies. The Legislature, which was prorogued 14th February, 1754, appropriated £10,000 for encouragement and protection of western settlers. On 19th February, 1754, Dinwiddie issued a proclamation promising a land bounty to volunteer in the service and assist to expel French and Indians and help erect a fort at Forks of Monongalia. A regiment under Col. Joshua Fry was immediately raised and marched from Alexandria, about middle or latter end of March, 1754. Fry died at Patterson's Creek, and command devolved on Col. Washington, who had been defeated at Great Meadows on 17th April, 1754, having been dispatched from Williamsburg to Fort Cumberland in February, 1754, and having taken command of one Company from New York and one from South Carolina, as well as some Virginia Companies which had been previously raised and stationed upon frontier, from whence Washington rushed into the western country, meets and defeats a certain Jumonville, one of the enemy only escaping. Washington finds that the French were turning out of Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburg) too strong for him to withstand, retreats to Great Meadows, is attacked and compelled to surrender to De Villiere, but marches out of his little fortification with honors of war and returns to Wills Creek, viz: Fort Cumberland. At this surrender Lieutenants Stobo and Van Braam were surrendered to that officer as hostages. Within a year the First Virginia Regiment was disbanded, though raised again, or another in its stead, and that one or two other regiments were also raised in Virginia, prior to reduction of Fort Duquesne, for that was not evacuated by French until November, 1758. During that war one regiment was raised by Col. Washington, one by Col. Bird, and one by Col. Stephen, yet it appears the whole of the 200,000 acres were granted only to [p.169]
90 men. The grant was made 15th December, 1769, by order of Council, which expressly confines the claimants to the lands on Great Sandy and the Great Kenawha, and lands on Ohio waters between Sandy and Kenawha. Neal went on the campaign with Dunmore in 1774 and resided on the frontier until summer of 1777, when he raised a company of regulars, joined 13th Virginia Regiment, and marched to the Grand Army of the U. S. He was one of Commissioners to settle unpatented lands in Monongalia, &c. He has been in possession of part of the land for upwards of 40 years. Valentine Cooper answers that he had resided on the frontier of Virginia for 55 years. He had three brothers in the regular army in old French wars, and were in the army when Fort Duquesne was evacuated by the French in 1758. He was on the campaign with Dunmore and was present of the treaty at Big Shawnee town, when he returned and settled on Dunkard Creek in Monongalia County, where he continued until 1777 or 1778, when he moved to Union Town in Pennsylvania. Stayed there one year and moved back to Virginia frontier. He moved into Wood County 1787 or 1788. David Creel, son of George Creel, answers. William Red-cliff (and his son, Stephen) answers. Affidavit 5th March, 1774, before John Blair, Mayor of City of Williamsburg, by Thomas Bullett, late surveyor of the District of Ohio, that he did pass the certificates of surveys hereunto annexed, viz: Francies Johnston, George and Parish Craighead, Robert Bains, Joseph Jaquet, Thomas Felton, John David Woelppe. Lovell Perry, aged 86 years, deposes 24th October, 1811, in Spottsylvana County; he knew William Magee who in 1754 or 1755 voluntarily entered himself a cadet in Braddock's army, and died a few days after the army was discharged. John Young, aged 77, deposes in Staunton, 25th June, 1814, first knew Andrew Fowler in 1756 or 1757. Andrew was a soldier in Braddock's War. In year preceding evacuation of Duquesne by French, Andrew was in Cap. Andrew Lewis's Company. John Trimble, aged 72, deposes as above. Andrew was a soldier with Gen. Andrew Lewis, Washington, and Cap. Peter Hogg at battle of Big Meadows, in 1754. He died in Bath County about 4-5 years ago. Land office warrant No. 299, 17th January, 1780, for 2,000 acres, to John May, assignee of William Hughes, who served as adjutant in Col. Washington's Regiment of regulars in late war between France and England. Patent to James Neal, in Monongalia. Order of Council 22d March, 1780. It is proved by James Mercer, Esq., that two of his brothers, viz: George Mercer and John Fenton Mercer, were in services of this State, 1754; former as captain, latter as ensign, in Joshua Fry's Regiment, and served until Regiment was discharged. In 1755, on the expedition vs. Fort Duquesne, George Mercer commanded an independent Company, and John Fenton Mercer was appointed a lieutenant of horse, commanded by Cap. Robert Steuart. In the Old Virginia Regiment under Col. George Washington, that they both commanded Companies and served until John was killed, and George was promoted to rank of Lieut. Col. in Second Virginia Regiment, commanded by William Bird. George is heir-at-law to said John. Certificate of John Savage's military services. Joseph Gatewood's services as soldier in Col. Washington's Regiment, in French and Indian War. Ditto of George Muse as a field officer. Ditto of Nathaniel Gist, as captain in Col. Stephen's Regiment. Ditto of James Samuel. Ditto of Charles Scott, as subaltern in First Virginia Regiment. [p.170]
Ditto of Benjamin Bullett, as ensign. Ditto of William Bronaugh. Ann Pritchett, aged 64-65 years, in Spottsylvania County, deposes 23d October, 1811. Wm. Magee volunteered in Braddock's War. Mary Horn was his eldest sister and was married to Herod Horn (Sherod), of Spottsylvania County, in 1763. Thomas Magee deposes as above; was brother of Wm. Andrew Fowler lost two sons in the war. Isabella McGlamery deposes, 1802, that in 1774 or 1775 she saw Andrew Fowler and several other men pass the house of her father, Robert McKitrick, in Jenning's Gap, on the way to join the army. Deed dated 25th July, 1801, by Jeremiah Armstrong of Adams County, Northwest Territory, and attorney for all the heirs of Paul Armstrong, to James Gillespie; tract patented to Paul 16th May, 1787. Recorded in Wood County. Deed 1st December, 1808, by David Dutton of Berkeley County and Hannah, his wife, to Henry Deputy of Wood County; two tracts. viz: 147 1/2 acres on Kenawha; 24 3/4 acres on Kenawha. Recorded in Berkeley and in Wood County. Deed 17th August, 1796, by James Neal to William and John Radcliff, 400 acres, part of 1,000 acres. Recorded in Harrison County. Certificate of John David Wollper's services as subaltern in Col. Lewis's Regiment of Regulars. Ditto of William Hughes as a Lieutenant in First Virginia Regiment. Order of Spottsylvania County Court, 17th February, 1780, certifying that William Dan-gerfield served in First Virginia Regiment as Captain of a Company raised in 1755 under Col. Washington, and afterwards in a Regiment commanded by Col. Adam Stephens, as a captain (not militia). Order of Hustings Court of City of Williamsburg, 7th February, 1780, certifying as to Charles Croucher, a soldier in Col. Stephens's Regiment before 1763. Order of Court held for Kentucky County, 2d November, 1779. William Fleming's proof of having served as Assistant Surgeon by appointment of Gov. Din-widdie, in 1755, in First Virginia Regiment, until reduction thereof in 1762. Order of Augusta County Court, proving Thomas Kinkead's claim to 50 acres as a soldier in Cap. Lewis's Company on Boquet's expedition in 1764. Order of Essex County Court that Mordecai Buckner served as a quartermaster in 1755 in Regiment of Col. Adam Stephen. Peter Hog's certificate for services as Captain. Charles Lewis's certificate (for sons of John and Charles) as Captain in First Virginia Regiment. Henry Bailey's certificate as Sergeant. Certificate of land settlement by Henry Castle in 1775 on Kenawha in Monongalia County. Ditto by Jacob Reese. Deed 18th March, 1783, by James Neal to John Stokeley, 23 1/2 acres. Recorded in Harrison County. Certificate from Bedford County Court, February, 1780, James Berford, guardian of John Buford and executor of Thomas Buford, proved that Thomas in 1754 served as a Sergeant in 1754 under Gen. Braddock and was discharged in 1755; also served as Sergeant under Braddock and was discharged in 1756; served as Lieutenant under Colonel Washington; in 1758 served as Lieutenant under Col. Byrd; in 1759 served as Lieutenant in another Regiment under Col. Byrd. Certificate from General Court, 2d March. 1780, that Charles Scott was a private, a corporal, a Sergeant and an Ensign in First Virginia Regiment. Certificate of service of Timothy Conway as a soldier. Certificate of service of Mathew Doran as a soldier. Certificate of service of William Hughes as a subaltern in Col. Washington's Regiment of Regulars. Assignment of all their rights to bounty land as soldiers in battle of Big Meadows and Braddock's defeat dated 25th June, [p.171]
1773, by viz: Francis Self, Robert Murphy, Jno. Thompson, John Cole, Alexr. Bonney, Wm. McAnulty. Thomas Morse was an old Revolutionary soldier and died at Cynthiana, Kentucky, about August, 1812. He was a soldier in the Braddock War and was there wounded in the hip. He was a drum major in Braddock's War and was at battle of Big Meadows under Captain Savage. Afterwards he kept a public house near Halifax on the Roan Oak. About four years before the Revolution, Thomas Moss lived on the Roan Oak near Marmaduke Nophlite ferry, about 25 miles below Halifax town in North Carolina. He was then about 40 years old. Squire Perry Crossthwaite of Cynthiana, Kentucky, was his son-in-law. He had a son, John. Perry deposes that Thomas helped carry Gen. Braddock off the field. He also claimed to have whipped old Gen. Morgan. Philip Buckner deposes in Brackin County, Kentucky, 1814, that he knew Thomas Moss in 1754, 1755 at George Todd's in Caroline County, Virginia, when he was on the expedition as a drummer, in the campaign of that year under General Braddock and Col. Muse and Col. Washington. Deponent has lived in Kentucky since 1783. Certificate from Caroline County Court 10th February, 1780, that George Turner served as soldier in First Virginia Regiment under Washington. Ditto from Spottsylvania, 17th February, 1780, that Nathaniel Gist served as Lieutenant in Cap. Christopher Gist's Company of Rangers, in 1756, and served until 1757, when the Company was reduced. Also as Captain in Col. Washington's First Virginia Regiment, raised in 1756 and disbanded in 1762; also as Captain in Col. Adam Stephens's Regiment, raised in 1762. Ditto from Caroline, February, 1780, that George Muse served as Licutenant Colonel in the army in 1754. Ditto from ditto that Thos. Moss served as a drummer in 1754. Ditto from Kentucky County Court, November 2, 1779, Thomas Lovett enlisted in the Virginia Regiment in 1754 and served until 1762. Ditto from Augusta County Court, 21st December, 1779, James Brown and Adam Guthery as nephews of James Dunlap, prove that James served as Lieutenant in Cap. Peter Hog's Company of Rangers and was destroyed by the enemy in 1758. Ditto from Essex County, 21st February, 1780, that Joseph Gatewood served as soldier in First Virginia Regiment. Land warrant for services of John Horn under Col. Mercer. Entries by right of military service under proclamation of 1763, viz: 1,700 acres for William Cromwell, 10th May, 1776; 940 acres for Francis Kirtley; 1,500 acres for Henry Gains; 1,000 acres for Peter Hog; 1,000 acres for Charles Scott; 1,000 acres for James Walker, John Posey, Goodrich Crump, Jesse Scott, Marshall Pratt, John Poo, Robert Scott, Hugh Stephenson, Thomas Rutherford. (These records are certified from Rockingham.) Deed dated 2d September, 1805, by Hugh Phelps and Hannah of Wood County, to Thomas Creel, 200 acres on Little Kenawha, part of tract patented to Mark Harden and conveyed by him to Hugh Phelps 12th July, 1805. Recorded in Wood County, 2d September, 1805. Patented, 1785, to John Gibson, 1,000 acres by survey 1783, in Monongalia. Patent 1801 to Hugh Phelps, assignee of John Jackson, 1,000 acres in Harrison County. Ditto 1798, to Hugh Phelps, 391 3/4 acres in Harrison County; ditto 1802, to Valentine Cooper, 133 acres in Wood County; ditto 1808, to John Stokeley, 1,500 acres in Wood County; ditto 1787, to Paul Armstrong, 255 acres in Harrison County; ditto 1786, to Charles Wickliff, 400 acres in Monongalia. Patent 1796, to Wm. McCleery, 1,000 acres in Harrison County. Patent, 1808, to John Stokeley, 750 acres in Wood County.
Debbie Noland Nitsche
Diamonddeb@comcast.net
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