West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Memory Project, A detailed list of delegate names and votes are located in Virgil Lewis'. Youll find a list of all Revolutionary War soldiers who ever lived in West Virginia and an index to civilians who participated in the War effort. note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. Gradually, settlers drifted farther down the Ohio River into present southern Indiana and Illinois; population generally followed the Ohio and the Wabash Rivers. There has [William and Mary Quarterly] JONES, Cadwallader (in Virginia 1681), Stafford County . [25] The large number of Northerners in this convention caused great distrust over the new Constitution during Reconstruction years. It called for the gradual emancipation of slaves based on age after July 4, 1863. Battelle's resolution a policy of "Negro exclusion" for the new state was adopted to keep any new slaves, or freemen, from taking up residence, in the hope that this would satisfy abolitionist sentiment in Congress. Source: The West Virginia Historical It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. In the northern portion of the state and elsewhere, the older Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) and other lines also expanded to take advantage of coal opportunities as well. Institution. 1735, Grant to Alexander Ross, 2373 At this time, West Virginia had nearly 70,000 qualified voters, and the May 23, 1861 vote to secede had drawn nearly 54,000 voters. "Charles Ambler's Sectionalism in Virginia: An Appreciation,". Their living characteristics were more of a heritage from the Woodland Indians.[7]. Pudup, Mary Beth, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller, eds. He made surveys in 1748 500 acres, dated 3 October, 1734, Grant to Richard Pendall, 300 McDowell and James in Council, to take up the same, upon certain conditions therein After the 1730s, Virginia enacted a law that promised free land to new settlers, encouraging them to move west and form new colonies. Early railroads, shipping to East Coast and Great Lakes, New competitor helps open "Billion Dollar Coalfield", The West Virginia Statewide, Historic Preservation Plan 20092014, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. acres, 12 November 1735. Harron, Geo. The instrument was ratified on April 11, 1862, with 18,162 votes for and 514 against. not the first settlers. [22] The May Convention resolved to meet again in June 1861 should the Ordinance of Secession be ratified by public poll on May 23, 1861, which was the case. On August 22, 1872, an entirely new constitution was adopted. Many would join other tribes and remove to the midwest regions as settlers arrived in the state. About 1714, Morgan met and married Catherine Garretson, with whom he had nine children. and these survey were assigned by Hite to those who purchased of During the American Civil War, West Virginia suffered comparatively little. 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. Illinois and Missouri. The legislature of the Restored Government was composed of members from the western counties who had been elected on May 23, 1861, and some senators who had been elected in 1859. These were Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren. County was formed in 1720 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Benjamin Harden, l The first settlers of the area destined to become Wood County located along the Ohio, Little Kanawha and Hughes Rivers. Large Landowner Gloucester Richmond Stafford Counties. At the Constitutional Convention on December 14, 1861, the issue of slavery was raised by Rev. was Col. James Wood, afterwards Clerk of the Court of Frederick, and 1750 and the following are those for whom 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. The Supreme Court decided in favor of West Virginia, and there has been no further question. However, repeatedly John L. Lewis called his United Mine Workers union out on strike, defying the government, outraging public opinion, and strengthening the hand of anti-union Congressmen. Coal transloading facilities were developed at several points, notably Toledo, Ohio. Within 10 years, the C&O was building tracks east from Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula to reach its huge coal pier at the new city of Newport News, Virginia on the large harbor of Hampton Roads. General George B. McClellan's forces gained possession of the greater part of the territory in the summer of 1861. [34] In addition, a large portion of the state was secessionist,[35] and any polls there had to be conducted under military intervention. The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. Votes from the secessionist counties in the October 24 vote on statehood were mostly cast by refugees in the area around Wheeling, not in the counties themselves. Some are early historic documented seeking protection closer, moving to the easterly colonial trade towns. Family tree maker's family archives. 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[10] Other tribes, notably the Shawnee and Cherokee, used the resources of the region as well. System requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive. As tobacco emerged as a profitable export, Virginia imported more Africans to cultivate it and hardened boundaries of slavery. By the spring stocking of 1963, the West Virginia Centennial year, Evans and Mace had supervised the spawning of good color and quality brood stock of the Mountain State's Centennial Golden Trout.[47]. Soon after the Union government declared that the Restored Government was the legitimate government of the Commonwealth, the Restored Government asserted its authority to give such approval. [Source: Sketches of Wood County: Its Early History; as embraced in and connected with other Counties of West Virginia. 142 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. [42] Small pockets of virgin forest remain at Gaudineer Scenic Area and Cathedral State Park.[43]. 1738 but was not organized until 1743 Some history Early West Virginia settlers, 1600s-1900s Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Compact Disc Language: English Publication: [S.l.] The first two English women arrived in 1608. West Virginia's history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, spectacular river valleys, and rich natural resources. Spotsylvania Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles (4,290 km2). Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. October 3. This unique collection of family and local histories, marriage records, military records, and court records references approximately 200,000 individuals. West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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. Governor of Virginia, the Wheeling constitution was discarded, and an entirely new one was written along ante-bellum principles. 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). The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of these records, including: 1748-1912 Land grants arranged by counties FS Library film 521685, first of 56 films. As coal mining and related work became a major employment activities in the state, there was considerable labor strife as working conditions and safety issues, as well as economic ones arose. Including accounts of its Soils, Timber, Minerals, Water, and Material Wealth. In the late 18th century, the steel trap increased efficiency, and beaver became scarce. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to George Williams, 489 Governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Win. acres, on Turkey Spring of Opeckon, dated October 3, Also in 1725, Pearsall's Flats in the South Branch Potomac River valley, present-day Romney, was settled, and later became the site of the French and Indian War stockade, Fort Pearsall. The final installment of this sum was paid off in 1939. The First Settlers. [50] 711 of the state's citizens died during the war. FamilySearch makes every effort to enable access dependent on decisions of record custodians and applicable laws. Trading posts were established at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers at Point Pleasant, West Virginia where, in the mid 1780s, Daniel Boone resided for several years. Cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. Those not voting were Thomas Maslin of Hardy County and Benjamin Wilson of Harrison County. county to be called Orange, being part of the forty thousand Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. During the French and Indian War (17541763), the scattered settlements were almost destroyed. [48], The response in West Virginia to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated schools was generally positive, as Governor William C. Marland pledged to integrate the state's schools. For practical purposes, the Adena is Early Woodland period according to West Virginia University's Dr. Edward V. McMichael,[4] also among the 1963 Geological Survey. Their railroad was renamed Norfolk and Western (N&W), and a new railroad city was developed at Roanoke to handle planned expansion. Beans in 1741. Coal Expansion and Mine Wars (1883 to 1922), Cold War (1946 to 1990) - Decline of Coal, West Virginia and Regional History Center. The West Virginia Archives and History Library has custody of these records. In 2011, West Virginia state delegate Larry Kump sponsored legislation to allow Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties to rejoin Virginia by popular vote. grant, it is said, that it is designed to be included in a "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." Also within the region is the Laurentian Archaic Tradition, which includes Brewerton Phase, Feeley Phase, Dunlop Phase, McKibben Phase, Genesee Phase, Stringtown/Satchel Phase, Satchel Phase and Lamoka/Dustin Phase. Farming to them was not only a means of earning a living, but also a way of life" a way of living.. Slaves under the age of 12 years were not taxed and slaves over that age were taxed at only $300, a fraction of their true value. of Militia in Accomack County, a contemporary of. I-II) -- Genealogy of some early families in Grant and Pleasant districts, Preston County, West Virginia -- Greenbrier pioneers and their homes / by Ruth Woods Dayton -- Roane County, West Virginia families / by William H. Bishop -- Pioneers and their homes in the upper Kanawha / by Ruth Woods Dayton -- Marriage records of Berkeley County, Virginia for the period 1781-1854, located at Berkeley County Court House, Martinsburg, W. Va. / compiled and edited by Guy L. Keesecker -- Mason County, West Virginia, marriages, 1806-1915 / compiled and edited by Julie Chapin Hesson, Sherman Gene Hesson & Jane J. Russell -- Early records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia / compiled by Clara McCormack Sage and Laura Sage Jones -- West Virginia estate settlements : an index to wills, inventories, appraisements, land grants, and surveys to 1850 / compiled by Ross B. Johnson -- West Virginia revolutionary ancestors : whose services were non-military, and whose names, therefore, do not appear in Revolutionary indexes of soldiers and sailors / compiled by Anne Waller Ready -- West Virginians in the American Revolution / compiled by Ross B. Johnson -- The Soldiery of West Virginia : in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolution, the later Indian wars, the Whiskey Insurrection, the second war with England, the War with Mexico, and addenda relating to West Virginia in the Civil War / the whole compiled from authentic sources by Virgil Anson Lewis. 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. Early settlers did not find the area particularly inviting, so the population was sparse during the 18th and 19th centuries. Primogeniture favored the first sons' inheriting lands and titles in England. of Jamaica 1728-1734. [24] It was this June Convention which drafted the statehood resolution. "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. During the American Revolution, the movement to create a state west of the Alleghenies was revived and a petition for the establishment of "Westsylvania" was presented to Congress, on the grounds that the mountains presented an almost impassable barrier to the east. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Paul Williams, 270 Copyright August @2011 -2023 While the increase continued into the early 21st century, West Virginia lost 3.2 percent of its population between 2010 and 2020. Christopher Gist, a surveyor for the first Ohio Company, which was composed chiefly of Virginians, explored the country along the Ohio River north of the mouth of the Kanawha River in 1751 and 1752. He explains as industry developed in the region, the people of West Virginia saw a need for wildlife conservation. gotten at this day. The governor, lieutenant-governor, the judiciary, sheriffs, and other county officers were to be elected by public vote. Middle and Late Woodland people include Middle Woodland Watson pottery people, Late Woodland Wood Phase, Late Hopewell at Romney, Montana (late Woodland AD 5001000), Wilhelm culture (Late Middle Woodland, c. AD 1~500), Armstrong (Late Middle Woodland, c. AD 1~500), Buck Garden (Late Woodland AD 5001200), Childers Phase (Late Middle Woodland c. 400 AD), and Parkline Phase (Late Woodland AD 750~1000). They acquired large tracts of land in the area, and Page began the Deepwater Railway, a short-line railroad which was chartered to stretch between the C&O at its line along the Kanawha River and the N&W at Matoaka, a distance of about 80 miles (130km). The first 1748 - George Washington surveyed land in West Virginia. [16][17] Almost immediately after the adoption of the ordinance, a mass meeting at Clarksburg recommended that each county in northwestern Virginia send delegates to a convention to meet in Wheeling on May 13, 1861. If you are using a computer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, you may use this database by clicking here. Nonetheless, West Virginia was considered the frontier for quite some time. The commission established the French Creek Game Farm in 1923. The Jamestown settlement, established in 1607, was the seat of England's first permanent colony in North America. 20 Aug. 1734, see Grant Book No. [9] The two ferry crossings became the earliest locations of government authorized civilian commercial crafts on what would become a part of the West Virginia Waterways. Early historic tribes living within or routinely hunting and trading within the state include Calicuas later mixed in colonial north-western Virginia-Pennsylvania at the time as popular termed Cherokee, Mohetans, Rickohockans from ancient Nation du Chat area, Monetons and Monecaga or Monacan, Tomahitans or Yuchi-Occaneechi, Tuscarora or mixed broad termed Mingoe & Canawagh or Kanawhas (Chiroenhaka),[8] Oniasantkeronons or Tramontane of the proto-historic southerly Neutral Nation trade empire (element Nation du Chat), Shattera or Tutelo, Ouabano or Mohican-Delaware, Chaouanon or Shawnee, Cheskepe or Shawnee-Yuchi, Loupe (Captina Island historic mix, Lanape & Powhatan), Tionontatacaga and Little Mingoe (Guyandottes), Massawomeck and later mixed as Mohawk, Susquesahanock or White Minqua later mixed Mingoes and Arrigahaga or Black Minqua of the Nation du Chat and proto-historic Neutral Nation trade empire. is a list of grantees of lands conveyed by Jost Hite and At the small rainbow trout hatchery in 1955, a yellow-mottled fingerling was noticed by Petersburg manager Vincent Evans. In 1671, General Abraham Wood, at the direction of Royal Governor William Berkeley of the Virginia Colony, sent the party of Thomas Batts and Robert Fallum into the West Virginia area. This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after Nisoranger, Thos. [23] The other delegates to the June Convention were "chosen even more irregularly-some in mass meetings, others by county committee, and still others were seemingly self-appointed". It was the only state to form from another state during this time, splitting from Virginia. The VGN and the N&W ultimately became parts of the modern Norfolk Southern system, and the VGN's well-engineered 20th-century tracks continue to offer a favorable gradient to Hampton Roads. Their descendants, who were legion, 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. Early settlers like people of German descent started to arrive in the 1700s. 828 acres, October 3, 1734. Their neighbors in the northerly of the state, the Monongahela houses were generally circular in shape often with nook or storage appendage. Harris. ", "If they proceeded now to direct a division of the State before a free expression of the people could be had, they would do a more despotic act than any ever done by the Richmond Convention itself. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. where he was not known. 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. Efforts to block Page and Rogers through many legal tactics and even several violent confrontations ultimately failed. This wall stretched across the peninsula between the York and James rivers and protected the settlements on the eastern side of the lower Peninsula from Indians. Likewise, St. Albans, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers, became a point of trade. In 1991, both state legislatures appropriated money for a boundary commission to look into 15 miles (24km) of the border area. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, There was another It is known that in 1732, that Jost Hite with 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. AHGP The American History and Genealogy Project. Settlers increasingly branched out along the eastern coast, but it was not until the early eighteenth century that pioneers began pushing into West Virginia itself. "Betrayal in the West Virginia Coal Fields: Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party of America, 19121914,", Edwards, Pamela. Since the mid-20th century, West Virginia has experienced population declines due in large part to its citizens leaving for opportunities elsewhere. The Second Wheeling Convention met as agreed on June 11, 1861, and adopted "A Declaration of the People of Virginia". acres, on Turkey Spring of Opeckon creek, dated 21 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. Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, Captain Christopher Newport, Captain John Ratcliffe, Captain Gabriel Archer, and Captain Edward Wingfield were in charge of the expedition. Family stories recount the arrival in the late 1700s of brothers Benjamin and Jeremiah, who, along with their mother, were the first settlers on the upper waters of the Elk River . During the late 19th and early 20th century, West Virginia saw its population grow, due in large part to the economic job opportunities provided by the coal and logging industries. seventeenth day of June, 1730. Waddell's First Families of Early Augusta County Scott's List of Orange County Importations Members of the Carpenter family were among the first white people to settle in what is now central West Virginia, and their descendants populate a wide area today. him, and the grants were issued directly to the said purchasers, That Convention had offered the people of the State at least the form of a vote, and the Northwest at least had a full and free expression; and now they proposed to cut off Eastern Virginia without even the form of a vote. 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This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. Most of them came from Pennsylvania in the north in search of new lands. 1776 - People in the region petition the Congress to create a 14th state called Westsylvania, but it is denied. On March 24. 1734, Grant to Daniel Burnett, 490 Magazine, Quarterly, January 1903, Vol. After the war, with the new railroads came a practical method to transport large quantities of coal to expanding U.S. and export markets. Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1635-1637. In 1774, the Crown Governor of Virginia, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, led a force over the mountains, and a body of militia under Colonel Andrew Lewis dealt the Shawnee Indians under Cornstalk a crushing blow at the junction of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, in the Battle of Point Pleasant. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. This fort would become Middle Plantation and later Williamsburg, Virginia. Also in 1634, a new system of local government was created in the Virginia Colony by order of the King of England. The state's integration experiences were generally peaceful, swift and cooperative. which surveys were made and a record kept thereof. The international community overwhelmingly considers Israel's settlements as illegal and obstacles to peace. You must also have either version 3.02 or higher of Family Tree Maker for Windows or Macintosh, or, version 3.02 or higher of the Family Archive Viewer. [51][52] Nine West Virginians were awarded the Medal of Honor during Vietnam.[53]. acres, on Stony Lick and dated August 21, 1734, Grant to Thomas Shepherd, 220 On July 13, 1709, Louis Michel, George Ritter, and Baron Christoph von Graffenried petitioned the King of England for a land grant in the Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown area, Jefferson County, in order to establish a Swiss colony. Later in 1624, Virginia was created as a royal colony that included the original Jamestown settlement, when King James I revolked the charter of the bankrupt Virginia Company and the colony transferred to royal authority as a crown colony, but the elected representatives in Jamestown continued to exercise a fair amount of power. 15, page 276. The Adena Indians used ceremonial pipes that were exceptional works of art. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. In March 1761, Robert Harper obtained a permit to operate a ferry across the Shenandoah River at present-day Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County. Failure of the eastern planter elite to make constitutional reforms exacerbated existing eastwest sectionalism in Virginia and contributed to Virginia's later split. 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? Jefferson in 1801. 520, High Density: {{copy.hd_shelf}}, {{copy.hd_shelfmark}}. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. ], [Webmasters 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. Contents: Genealogies of West Virginia families : from the West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, 1901-1905 -- Cabell County annals and families / George Selden Wallace -- Capon Valley : its pioneers and their descendants, 1648 to 1940 / by Maud Pugh (vols. Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free) Each line contains from left to right: LAST & FIRST - Name of immigrant who came to America ARRIVAL - Year of immigrant arrival SPONSOR - Name of sponsoring person(s) paying passage of immigrant COUNTY - County in which sponsor received land for payment of passage . The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. 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