Barretts, Neets, Dillons, Fawcetts The first steps toward this change had been taken, however, by the Republicans in 1870. In May, 1740, to Peter only sixteen year old to be a competent surveyor, but more It shares a sister city with the same name, Bluefield, in Virginia. The first native settlers in southern West Virginia were the Mound Builders, also known as the Adena people. The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. "Crisis Politics in West Virginia, 18611870," in Richard O. Curry ed., Engle, Stephen D. "Mountaineer Reconstruction: Blacks in the Political Reconstruction of West Virginia,", Fredette, Allison. The first with Indians, with few of the conveniences of civilization, acres, on South side of the Cohongolulu, dated 3 October Early Settlers of Southwest Virginia-Chronological List Watchers Quolla6 Cwatan Share Southwest Virginia Project Return to Southwest Virginia Project Main Page ___________________________________________________________ Category: Southwest Virginia Project Don't want ads? of early settlements and land grants in West Virginia by W. S. Within the Mountain State, these tribal villages can be characterized as rather small and scattered as they moved about the old fields every couple of generations. Orange in 1734 [24] It was this June Convention which drafted the statehood resolution. Served as Lt. Gov. "[37] Instead of Rev. They found it largely unoccupied, apart from Tuscaroras who had lately moved into the area around Martinsburg, WV, some Shawnee villages in the region around Moorefield, WV and Winchester, VA, and frequent passing bands of "Northern Indians" (Lenape from New Jersey) and "Southern Indians" (Catawba from South Carolina) who were engaged in a bitter long-distance war, using the Valley as a battleground. History of Lower Valley, while he does not admit they are the The First Settlers. Hollingsworth, 472 acres, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to John Welton, 442 Skip ahead a few decades until after the Civil War. Arrived in Jamestown in 1608, Served in House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County. The Constitutional Convention met in November 1861, and consisted of 61 members. By 1900, only a large area of the most rugged terrain of southern West Virginia was any distance from the existing railroads and mining activity. Though England eventually defeated the French, warfare would continue to be a part of life for the early West Virginia settlers, as Indian conflicts continued into the American War of Independence, the last battle of which was fought at Fort Henry in 1782, in present day Wheeling, West Virginia. 536 acres, in Spottsylvania, Grant to Peter Stephen, 600 Family tree maker's family archives. The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 Counties in the east and south were settled mostly by eastern Virginians. Other significant rail carriers of coal were the Western Maryland Railway (WM), particularly notable was a latecomer, the Virginian Railway (VGN), built in an extraordinary manner to the latest and highest standards and completed in 1909. Jno. Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Since the mid-20th century, West Virginia has experienced population declines due in large part to its citizens leaving for opportunities elsewhere. The western area focused its commerce on neighbors to the west, and many citizens felt that the more populous eastern areas were too dominant in the Virginia General Assembly and insensitive to their needs. Despite local support for Virginia, residents who actually filled out ballots voted overwhelmingly to place both counties in West Virginia. Raleigh County 320 in favor of statehood, Clay 760, Braxton 220, and some gave no returns at all. with the above clause therein, which designates the same as acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. Etching of the Fort at Morgantown, W. Va. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson County, W. Va. Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A most remarkable thing, for a boy The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of a village society having a tribal trade system culture that practiced the cold working of copper to a limited extent. Among its many products, the shipyard began building ocean-going ships, known as colliers, to transport coal to other eastern ports (notably in New England) and overseas. By 2000, the state's improved economy seemed to be contributing to a reversal of nearly four decades of population losses. Their descendants, who were legion, From the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the three ships sailed. Served as Deputy-Governor of the Virginia Colony from 1616-1617, 1625 & 1627. 230, "Mr. Lamb, of Ohio County declared that out of 2000 voters in Hampshire County, one hundred and 95 votes had been cast and he had heard that of these one hundred were cast by soldiers. acres, on Stony Lick and dated August 21, 1734, Grant to Thomas Shepherd, 220 The first native settlers in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties) were the Mound Builders, also known as the Adena people. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. During recent years, production has been about 600,000 to 1,000,000 tons per year. Beginning in Reconstruction, and for several decades thereafter, the two states disputed the new state's share of the pre-war Virginia government's debt, which had mostly been incurred to finance public infrastructure improvements, such as canals, roads, and railroads under the Virginia Board of Public Works. By 1739, Thomas Shepherd had constructed a flour mill powered by water from the Town Run or the Falling Springs Branch of the Potomac River in present-day Shepherdstown. Lewis Stephens. been some discussion on this subject through the publications of Philip Doddridge of Brooke County championed the cause of western Virginians who sought a more democratic frame of government. Efforts to block Page and Rogers through many legal tactics and even several violent confrontations ultimately failed. [40], The new state benefited from development of its mineral resources more than any other single economic activity after Reconstruction. [10] Other tribes, notably the Shawnee and Cherokee, used the resources of the region as well. August 1734, Grant to Rus Smith, 150 Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. Of the 49 delegates from the future state of West Virginia, 17 voted in favor, and 30 voted against, and two abstained. Harris. Newer technology has since proved that West Virginia has enough salt resources to supply the nation's needs for an estimated 2,000 years. The vote was further compromised by the presence of an undetermined number of non-resident soldier votes.[36]. "Charles Ambler's Sectionalism in Virginia: An Appreciation,". acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Slaughter, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, Captain Christopher Newport, Captain John Ratcliffe, Captain Gabriel Archer, and Captain Edward Wingfield were in charge of the expedition. Many of the first settlers were wealthy English gentlemen, but the list of first settlers also included laborers, bricklayers, carpenters, a blacksmith, barber, tailor, and a preacher. Kanawha salt production followed by coal and timber could be seen on the waterways. West Virginia enthusiastically supported World War II, with 67,000 men and about 1,000 women donning uniforms. In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. The opening statement on the Early Land Grant page, is from the In 1661, King Charles II of England had granted a company of gentleman the land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, known as the Northern Neck. Contemporaneously to Fort Ancient Tradition southerly of the state, the sister culture called Monongahela is found on the northerly of the Mountain State stemming from the Drew Tradition. He made surveys in 1748 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Taylor, 200 Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our . On the following day, the convention chose Francis H. Pierpont as governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia", elected other officers, and adjourned. There has West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Memory Project, A detailed list of delegate names and votes are located in Virgil Lewis'. County was formed in 1720 It that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be Some are early historic documented seeking protection closer, moving to the easterly colonial trade towns. ", The assignment of the said "orders" It extended the vote to all white males 21 years or older. A protg of Dr. Ansted was William Nelson Page (18541932), a civil engineer and mining manager based at Ansted in Fayette County. Van Meter, Thos. Buffalo were included in 1954 and attracted additional visitors. acres, on the _____ branch of the Opeckon, between the The addition of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution caused a reaction, the Democratic Party secured control in 1870, and in 1871, the Constitutional Amendment of 1866 was abrogated. President Lincoln was in a close campaign when he won reelection in 1864 with the majority of the popular vote and 212 electoral votes, versus 21 electoral votes cast for his Democratic opponent. Served as Lt. Morgan ap Morgan, a Welshman, built a cabin near present-day Bunker Hill in Berkeley County in 1727. Bowman, 100 The 1744 Treaty of Lancaster had left ambiguous whether the Iroquois had sold only as far as the Alleghenies, or all their claim south of the Ohio, including the rest of modern West Virginia. The first two English women arrived in 1608. The settlers listed below were all considered very important to the establishment of government and were significant in the historical impact on Colonial Virginia: The following persons were among the prominent first families that immigrated to Colonial Virginia in the 1600's-early 1700's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Virginia, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108283.html, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Colonial_Virginia, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, Was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1693, 1696, 1699, and one of the committee in 1700 reporting a revision of the laws which were approved by the General Assembly in 1705, Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1768-1770, Was a fur trader and served in the House of Burgesses. West Virginia's history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, spectacular river valleys, and rich natural resources. remarkable that he would go away out in a new country, infested Many men absent in the Confederate army when the vote was taken refused to acknowledge the transfer upon their return. Under royal authority, the colony began to expand to the North and West with additional settlements. The charter for the colony included a massive section of land that encompassed a large part of the eastern United States, including West Virginia. county to be called Orange, being part of the forty thousand They were: These counties served as the primary foundation for governing for many years in early Colonial Virginia, until the colonies agreed many years later to form what now is the United States of America. 19th century steamboats were built and repaired in Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant and Mason City. ], [Webmasters Noe, Kenneth W. "Exterminating Savages: The Union Army and Mountain Guerrillas in Southern West Virginia, 18611865." Survey of Early Settlers on Patterson Creek; Wilmer L. KERNS' Early Settlers of Patterson's Creek - Map and List; Early Religious Migration, Additional Sources Latest update: Monday, October 8, 2012. Ambler, Charles H. "If it required a military force to hold an election, if Cabell County, which borders on the Ohio River, had to have a military force to hold an election there; if Boone had to have a military force to hold an election at two points; if a detachment went up and held an election there, and got into a corner of Raleigh and held an election there, with what difficulty are the counties represented?" In the postwar years, he continued his militancy; his miners went on strikes or "work stoppages" annually. In James Wood, and to William Williams, Jacob Neswanger, Dorarfe, Geo. 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 Their railroad was renamed Norfolk and Western (N&W), and a new railroad city was developed at Roanoke to handle planned expansion. give, are as follows: There were This strategy was a success, and West Virginia became the 34th of the 36 states needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. Governor of Virginia, the Wheeling constitution was discarded, and an entirely new one was written along ante-bellum principles. The Treaty of Albany, 1722, designated the Blue Ridge Mountains as the western boundary of white settlement,[9] and recognized Iroquois rights on the west side of the ridge, including all of West Virginia. ], This page was last updated Tuesday, 16-Jun-2015 10:52:10 EDT. Bronson, Samuel Glass, David Logan, Fred However, in 1736 the Iroquois Six Nations protested Virginia's colonization beyond the demarcated Blue Ridge, and a skirmish was fought in 1743. During the war and for years afterwards, partisan feeling ran high. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, a growing demand for beaver sent trappers up and down the Kanawha region's tributary creeks by canoe and raft. note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick By S.C. Shaw, 1878.] purchasers of Hite, of the 40,000 acres, he obtained from Van After the failure of the Roanoke colonies, investors in the Virginia Company of London were anxious to find profit farther to the north, and in April 1607 three ships of settlers arrived at the Chesapeake Bay. Besides the well-publicized mine disasters that killed a number of miners at a time, there were many smaller episodes in which one or two miners lost their lives. In addition to differences over the abolition of slavery, he and allies felt the Virginia government ignored and refused to spend funds on needed internal improvements in the west, such as turnpikes and railroads.[15]. McKay, and Abraham Hite in 1744. In 1872, under the leadership of Samuel Price, former Lt. 1726 - German settlers build the settlement of New Mecklenburg. In particular, men such as lawyer Francis H. Pierpont from Fairmont, had long chafed under the political domination of the Tidewater and Piedmont slave-holders. In addition, the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 18291830 gave the slave-owning counties the benefit of three-fifths of their slave population in apportioning representation in the Virginia Assembly. Various game animals and now protected birds were raised for conservation repopulating or control reasons throughout the state. him, and the grants were issued directly to the said purchasers, which surveys were made and a record kept thereof. The earliest visits to the area were conducted primarily by English and Spanish explorers. The West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association under the leadership of President Mrs. John L. Ruhl and WVESA Ratification Committee chair Lenna Lowe Yost created a "living petition" of suffragists who greeted and personally lobbied each legislator as they prepared to vote. Including accounts of its Soils, Timber, Minerals, Water, and Material Wealth. organized: We have endeavored to not repeat the names either on the grants Nonetheless, West Virginia was considered the frontier for quite some time. Months later upon his arrival, the new Petersburg manager, Chester Mace, was shown the curious novelty. and 1750 and the following are those for whom certain conditions therein expressed, which orders were made the The Late Prehistoric (c. AD 9501650) phases of the Fort Ancient Tradition include Feurt Phase, Blennerhassett Phase, Bluestone Phase, Clover Complex followed by the Orchard Phase (c. AD 15501650) with a Late Proto-historic arrival of a Lizard Cult from the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. Great Grandfather of Pres. West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action There, city founder Collis P. Huntington also developed what would become the largest shipbuilder in the world, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. 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Although the Deepwater plan should have provided a competitive shipping market via either railroad, leaders of the two large railroads did not appreciate the scheme and sought to discourage competition in an area they considered theirs for expansion plans. Meanwhile, officers for the new state were chosen, and Governor Pierpont moved the Restored Government to Alexandria from which he asserted jurisdiction over the counties of Virginia within the federal lines. History of the James River and Kanawha Company By Wayland Fuller Dunaway. Unemployment ended as the mines, railroads, mills and factories worked overtime to create the "Arsenal of Democracy" that supplied the munitions to win the war. This database is comprised of fourteen books. A horse-drawn logging "tram" with a special block and tackle for hill-side harvesting was brought into use, allowing expansion of Crooked Creek and the opening of a wooden barrel plant at the creek's mouth. Some West Virginia women also volunteered for military service, which was available to African American women. University 1549 University Ave. | P.O. Berkeley County was founded in 1772 Gordon Battelle, an Ohio native who sought to introduce a resolution for gradual emancipation. Some FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (16071776) and the western part of the U.S. state of Virginia (17761863). Even in some counties that had voted against secession, such as Wayne and Cabell, it was necessary to send in Union soldiers.[21]. the West Virginia Historical Society and there may be more. The Jamestown settlement, established in 1607, was the seat of England's first permanent colony in North America. Neither the land grant or the Swiss colony ever materialized. Ashby, He was born in Wales and emigrated to Delaware about 1712. This was made acceptable to the west by a provision that required the General Assembly to reapportion representation on the basis of white population in 1865, or else put the matter to a public referendum. Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 Phone: 1-304-293-4040 Fax: 1-304-293-6638 West Virginia University. After early attempts by Spain to establish a colony in the 1570's were abandoned, permanent European settlement did not occur until the establishment of Jamestown in 1607, by English colonists. Frustrated by bad economic conditions and what they perceive to be neglect from the Charleston government, this movement has gained at least some momentum. October 3. patent or grant of land west of the Blue Ridge was made to Jost Activities, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers using the collections of the West Virginia & Regional History Center, https://libguides.wvu.edu/wvrhcteacherresources. It authorized the creation of the State of Kanawha, consisting of most of the counties that now comprise West Virginia. However, federal forces soon drove the Confederates out of most of West Virginia.[27]. Why, when Mr. Battelle submitted his resolutions, a kind of tremor a holy horror, was visible throughout the house! Then, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, more land started to be cleared to build early forts and then towns as more settlers arrived. The instrument was ratified on April 11, 1862, with 18,162 votes for and 514 against. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. acres, 12 November 1735. About 1714, Morgan met and married Catherine Garretson, with whom he had nine children. 1735, Grant to Alexander Ross, 2373 The first European settlers started arriving about 1730. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. Meter. A number of riverside locations were used for early Industrial Revolution production. 1734, Grant to Thomas Johnson, 150 At the Constitutional Convention on December 14, 1861, the issue of slavery was raised by Rev. 520, High Density: {{copy.hd_shelf}}, {{copy.hd_shelfmark}}. Waddell, in his Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 provides a list of the first few families that made up the first influx of settlers seeking in early Orange and Augusta County, Virginia. Coincidentally, it was similar to an indigenous species open zoo of today and became a place of family outings visitation. Mr. Carskadon confirmed this and added that only 39 were the votes of citizens of the state." All give reference to Virginia. "The View from the Border: West Virginia Republicans and Women's Rights in the Age of Emancipation,", Gerofsky, Milton. The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. Elizabeth Cometti, and Festus P. Summers. Pudup, Mary Beth, Dwight B. 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