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Morgan Family of Virginia/West Virginia, Illinois, Missouri

I added a section for the Morgan Family of Virginia/West Virginia, Illinois, Missouri to the Collateral Families page of the HenthornFamily Wiki. This is the family that founded Morgantown, WV. There is a link to the Henthorn family via Brooky Kyger.

I included a link to the Stories page, on the Wiki, where you can find the very interesting stories written by T. Clifford Morgan.

Dick Henthorn
12 July 2013

Brennan Retiring as President Of Wheeling Area Historical Society

Brennan Retiring as President Of Wheeling Area Historical Society - News, Sports, Jobs - The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register:

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A Jaded View: Ohio County Courthouse & Library Woes

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New Links

I installed three links to West Virginia and Ohio genealogy websites in the sidebar links on my genealogy news and genealogy obits blogs. I consider myself privileged to know some of the people responsible for donating to and maintaining these websites.

These links will take you to these counties:

• Monroe county, Ohio
• Wetzel county, West Virginia
• Marshall county, West Virginia

Mr. Dickie
27 Feb 2011

Suter Family

This morning I uploaded a 90-page PDF genealogy about the ancestors of R.A. Suter (female) to the Marshall-Wetzel-WV folder on My Box.

The report includes some information about people in the following families: Suter, Parsons, Yoho, Watson, Wykert, Gorby and Baker.

Access to information in My Box is by invitation.

West, Samuel and Rebecca Henderson

This morning I uploaded a 51-page PDF genealogy about the family of Samuel West and Rebecca Henderson to the Marshall-Wetzel-WV folder on My Box. Samuel and Rebecca were related (cousins) prior to marriage.

The report includes some information about George Lemley and Catharine Yoho as well as about John Otho West and Sarah Lemley.

Some information in this file was shared by Samuel Lee West. I regret that I am no longer in touch with Mr. West.

Access to information in My Box is by invitation.

Harrison, Thomas Henry

Thomas Henry Harrison, one of the old and honored pioneers of Highland Township, residing on section 31, about five miles west of Perrysville, [IN] was born in Ohio County, West Virginia January 1, 1810.

His father, John Harrison, removed from Baltimore, Maryland to West Virginia, and later settled with his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he died when the subject of this sketch was a child. He was a nailer by trade, and was engaged in the manufacture of nails in Pittsburgh. After his death the family returned to West Virginia, remaining there until 1819, then moved to Monroe County, Ohio.

The mother was a second time married to William Harris, who died in the United States Army, and to this union two sons were born, named Charles and Samuel.

In 1824 the mother immigrated with her family to Vermillion County, Indiana where she died April 9, 1861, at the advanced age of eighty six years.

Thomas Henry Harrison, whose name heads this sketch, arrived in Perrysville for the first time December 20, 1834. January 29, 1835, he was united in marriage to Miss Marinda Henthorn, a daughter of William D. Henthorn, who came to Vermillion County at the same time as the Harrison family. He then settled on land now occupied by our subject where he lived until his death, his wife also dying at the homestead some time before. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henthorn only four daughters are living at the present time.

Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, of whom seven are still living - Virginia, Richard, Susan, Marinda, Mary C., Charles and Margaret M.

Their eldest son, William M., was a member of Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry, in the war of the Rebellion. He was wounded at the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, but died of pneumonia at Gallatin, Tennessee, January 13, 1863, in his twenty-sixth year.

The remaining children who are deceased are - John, who died August 18, 1846 aged six years; Thomas B., died in his thirty second year, July 4, 1863, at Jonesboro, Arkansas, and one who died in infancy, unnamed.

In April 1835, shortly after his marriage, Mr. Harrison went to Porter County, Indiana, returned to Perrysville, Vermillion County, in October of the same year. In August 1838 he settled on the place where he has since resided, with the exception of one year. As will be seen Mr. Harrison has been a resident of Highland Township about fifty-four years, and is now the only representative of his father's family living in Indiana.

He has always been an active and public spirited citizen, being interested in all enterprises which tend toward the advancement of this township or county. In politics he was in early life a Whig, but in later years a Republican.
(Source: Biographical and historical record, Vermillion County, [IN] 1888 - furnished by Cassi Bauman, typed by Richard E. Henthorn)

Erlewine, Abraham

Summary of Abraham ERLEWINE - 19 Jul 2010
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Name: Abraham ERLEWINE
Sex: Male

Individual Facts
Birth bet 1740-1745 Maryland
Death abt 1819/20 (age 80) Ohio Co., VA
Burial abt 1819/20 (age 80) Ohio Co., VA, Earlywine Cemetery

Marriages/Children
1. Eva Catherine GASSER
Marriage 19 Apr 1767 (age 27) York, York, PA
Children
Frederick ERLEWINE (1769 - 14 May 1786)
Barnhart ERLEWINE (1770 - abt 1834)
David ERLEWINE (1772 - Apr 1850)
Mary ERLEWINE (12 Mar 1783 - 7 Aug 1857)
Jacob Earl ERLEWINE (1784 - 1867)

2. Catherine SAILOR
Marriage , Washington Co., PA
Children
John ERLEWINE (1784 - )
Sarah ERLEWINE (1791 - )
Francis ERLEWINE ( - )
Adam ERLEWINE ( - )
Margaret ERLEWINE ( - )
Abraham ERLEWINE ( - )
Susannah ERLEWINE ( - )
Elizabeth ERLEWINE ( - )
Jacob S. ERLEWINE Sr. (bet 1799 and 1801 - )

Notes (Individual)
General: Abraham Erlewine

BIRTH: Researchers have suggested that he was born in Germany, PA and MD.

AKA: Abraham Earlewine; Earleywine; Old Abraham

MARRIAGE: 19 Apr 1767 to Eva Catherine Gasser at Christ Lutheran Church of York, PA.

MARRIAGE: To Catherine Sailor in Washington Co., PA

QUESTION: Which of his two wives was the mother of the children of Abraham Erlewine? Catherine Sailor was the second of the wives.

DEATH: Abt. 1819/1820 in Ohio Co., VA in an area which later became part of Marshall Co., VA/WV.

Yoho, Sarah Ann (Henthorn)

Summary of Sarah Ann HENTHORN - 18 Jul 2010
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Name: Sarah Ann HENTHORN
Sex: Female
Father: Elijah HENTHORN (abt 1835 - )
Mother: Nancy UNKNOWN (abt 1835 - )

Individual Facts
Birth abt 1858 Monroe Co., OH

Marriages/Children
1. Raleigh YOHO
Marriage 21 Jan 1884 (age 26) , Marshall Co., WV
Children
Mary YOHO (abt 1886 - )
Frank YOHO (abt 1889 - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
Sarah Ann Henthorn

CENSUS: Appears in the 1860 census of Monroe Co., OH as Sarah A., age 2.

This person might have been, Sarah Ann Henthorn, who married Raleigh Yoho.

Census: 1910 in Marshall Co., WV, Franklin District, 185 186 on Pine Ridge Road
Sarah Yoho, 48, mother of 4, 3 living, b. in WV, father born in WV,
mother born in WV, cannot read or write
Mary Gatts, daughter, 24, Marital status = W, mother of 4, 4 living,
born in WV, father born in WV, mother born in WV, cannot read or write
Frank Yoho, son, 21, single, b. WV, farm laborer, 4 months unemployed,
rented house
Lizzie Yoho, GD, 10, single, b. WV, father b. WV, mother, b. WV
James Yoho, GS, 6, single, b. WV, father b. WV, mother, b. WV
Willie Yoho, GS, 3, single, b. WV, father, b. WV, mother, b. WV
Lulu Yoho, GD, 1 3/12, single, b. WV, father, b. WV, mother, b. WV
Charles Henthorn, bro, 34, single, b. WV, father, b. WV, mother, b. WV
farm laborer, 3 months unemployed, cannot read or write

Problem: Who were the parents of Sarah Ann Henthorn? Could they have been Elijah and Nancy Henthorn who were living in Green Twp., Monroe Co., OH 206-205 at the time of the 1870 census? They had a daughter, Sarah A., age 11, which would make her date of birth, Abt 1859. Rolly Yoho was also born in 1859.

Wykert, Francis E. (1848-1916)

Summary of Francis E. (Frank) WYKERT - 21 Jun 2010
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Name: Francis E. (Frank) WYKERT
Sex: Male
Father: Henry Joseph WYKERT (18 Sep 1813 - 4 Jan 1894)
Mother: Guly Elmira BIDDLE (7 Jan 1817 - aft 1900)

Individual Facts
Birth 14 Apr 1848 Marshall Co., VA/WV
Death 11 Feb 1916 (age 67) of acute Bright's Disease and pneumonia at the home of son, Robert,; Eaton, Weld Co., CO
Burial Feb 1916 (age 67) Eaton, Weld Co., CO, Eaton Cemetery

Marriages/Children
1. Laurinda (Lorinda) HILL
Marriage 1866 (age 18) Wapello Twp., Louisa Co., IA
Children
Robert WYKERT ( - )
Theodore WYKERT ( - )
Benjamin WYKERT ( - )
Ava WYKERT ( - )
Unknown WYKERT ( - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
Francis E. Wykert

AKA: Francis E. Wykert was known as, Frank.

MARRIAGE: Francis Wykert and Laurinda Hill were married near Wapello, Louisa Co. IA.

DEATH: According to Joan Wykert Jukes the death certificate of Frank Wykert has the name of his mother spelled, Gooley.

RESIDENCES: Marshall Co., WV; Switzerland Twp., Monroe Co., OH; Wapello, Louisa Co., IA; Eaton, Weld Co., CO

CENSUS: 1850, in Marshall Co., WV, #1404
CENSUS: 1860, in Monroe Co., OH, Switzerland Twp

MARRIAGE: Application for marriage license, Frank E. Wykert to Lorinda Hill, 20 Dec 1865, Louisa Co., Iowa

CENSUS: 1880, in Iowa
CENSUS: 1900, in Weld Co., CO, Ault 195 B

REFERENCE: "The History of Eaton, Colorado," page 19, by Pauline Allison, printed 1942.
Members of the Pioneer Society of Eaton, Colorado: Frank E. Wykert; Laurinda Wykert; R.C. Wykert; B.H. Wykert; F.T. Wykert; Ethel P. Wykert


OBITUARY: Pioneer Northern Colorado Farmer Passes Away Unexpectedly Friday
Frank E. Wykert died at the home of his son, Robert Wykert, in Eaton, [CO], Friday evening, February 11, [1916], of acute Bright's disease and pneumonia. He had been ailing for several years, but the disease in its acute form lasted but a few days, in fact, he had only been confined to his bed since Thursday morning. Although well on in years he was full of energy, and had walked down town against the protests of his son and daughter almost to the last.

Mr. Wykert was born in West Virginia April 14, 1848. While still a child his family moved to Ohio and later to Iowa, settling near Wapello. There, in 1866 he married Miss Lorinda (sic) Hill. In 1881 the family came west and settled near Windsor, Colorado, where the last thirty-five years of his life were spent. Mrs. Wykert died in 1905. Three sons and two daughters survive the parents: Robert of Eaton; Theodore of Severance; Benjamin of Hereford, Colorado; Mrs. Ava Alkire of Fairplay, and Mrs. Harry Stiff of Stanton, Illinois.

When it was found that the father was seriously ill, Mrs. Stiff was summoned, but reached the home of her brother on the 9 o'clock train Friday evening, two hours after the father had passed on.

Mr. Wykert was a farmer, and there is only this to be said of his life: His children remember him as always under all circumstances a kind and affectionate father whose life interest was in his children, who loved his fellow-man and who had no enemy on earth. What more could be said or what richer heritage left behind? He died February 11, 1916. (Furnished by Joan Wykert Jukes)

Wykert, Francis (Jr.) (1811-1872)

Summary of Francis WYKERT Jr. - 21 Jun 2010
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Name: Francis WYKERT Jr.
Sex: Male
Father: Francis WYKERT (6 Dec 1785 - 9 Dec 1845)
Mother: Nancy Ann YOHO (abt 1784 - 1841)

Individual Facts
Birth 15 May 1811 Marshall Co., VA/WV
Burial Nov 1872 (age 61) Louisa Co., IA, Long Creek Cemetery
Death 25 Nov 1872 (age 61) Louisa Co., IA

Marriages/Children
1. Elizabeth Chubb CHURCH
Marriage 15 Apr 1839 (age 27) Michigan Territory, Des Moines Co., IA
Children
John Samuel WYKERT (abt 1839 - )
Ellen WYKERT (abt 1840 - )

2. Eliza HARNETT
Marriage 5 Jun 1852 (age 41) Louisa Co., IA
Children
Nancy WYKERT (abt 1853 - )
Ada WYKERT (abt 1855 - )
Florence WYKERT (abt 1857 - )
Frank WYKERT (abt 1859 - )
Alaska WYKERT (abt 1861 - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
Francis Wykert, Jr.

RESEARCHER: Mrs. J.A. Sulzberger; 1808 Hammann Avenue; Muscatine, IA 52761 wrote a letter on 5 Jun 1988 to librarians in Iowa asking for help on the Wykert family. She listed the following birth information about the sons of Francis and Nancy (Yoho) Wykert: Francis Wykert, 15 May 1811; Henry Wykert, 24 Sep 1814; Theodore Wykert, 27 Nov 1822; Thomas Wykert, 6 Nov 1829; Nicholas Wykert, no date given.

Francis Wykert was known as Frank. He went to Iowa in 1837. He worked by the month at the Flint River Sawmill. He stayed until fall and then returned to Marshall Co., WV. In the spring of 1838 he returned to Iowa with his parents.

MARRIAGE: The marriage of Francis Wykert and Elizabeth Chubb (Church) on 15 Apr 1839 is recorded in Marriage Book 1, Territory of Michigan, Des Moines Co., Iowa, by (J.P.) D. Hendershot.
(Furnished by Joan Wykert Jukes)
Problem: Was the date recorded 15 Apr 1838 or 15 Apr 1839, both dates have been given by Joan Wykert Jukes.

MARRIAGE: The marriage of Francis Wykert and Eliza Knight (name on the marriage record) on 5 Jun 1852 in Louisa Co., Iowa is recorded in Book A, page 225. (Furnished by Joan Wykert Jukes)

REFERENCE: The "Portrait and Biographical Album, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa," 1888 quotes Theodore Wykert, "Francis, deceased, married a Miss Church, of this county, two children; his second wife was Eliza Bidwell, five children." (Furnished by Joan Wykert Jukes)

Wykert, Francis (1737-1825)

Summary of Francis WYKERT - 21 Jun 2010
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Name: Francis WYKERT
Sex: Male

Individual Facts
Birth 2 Jun 1737 Germany
Death 9 May 1825 (age 87)

Marriages/Children
1. Elizabeth SHAEFER
Marriage 13 Oct 1783 (age 46) Berks Co., PA
Children
Mariah WYKERT ( - )
Fannie WYKERT ( - )
Henry WYKERT (22 Jun 1784 - abt 1874)
Francis WYKERT (6 Dec 1785 - 9 Dec 1845)
Elizabeth WYKERT (2 Jun 1788 - 24 Feb 1873)
Lydia WYKERT (16 Aug 1793 - abt 1840)
Nicholas WYKERT (19 Oct 1795 - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
Francis Wykert

AKA: Frantz Weickart. He was called, Frank.

BIRTH: 2 Jun 1737, River Rhine, Germany, per Vernon Anderson

MARRIAGE:
In a July 1989 letter Betty W. King; 1161 Nogales Street; Lafayette, CA 94549 wrote: I found a marriage record for "Frantz Wiekert of Reading and Elisabetha Shaefer" on 13 Oct 1783 in a book "Berks Co., Pennsylvania Marriages 1730-1800," p. 54 The marriage was performed by Rev. William Boos. In checking the Lutheran and Reformed church records for Berks Co., I noted that Rev. Johann Wilhelm Boos of Reading was the pastor of the "Reformed Church of the so-called Schwartzwald." ... At Rev. Boos' church I found the baptismal records of Frantz Weichart, son of Frantz Weichart, bp. 6 Dec 1785 (no mother's name), sponsors: Frantz Meyer and Anna Maria Graf. Also the record for Lydia Weickart, daughter of Frantz Weickart, bp. 16 Aug 1793, sponsors: the parents (again no mother's name). Also, the bp. record for Samuel Freymeier, son of Eliazabetha Freymeier, bp. 18 Dec 1788, sponsors: Frantz Weickart and wife Elizabetha.

Betty King continues: I tried to get a death date for Francis Wykert in West Virginia. The appraisement on his estate was dated 16 Jun 1825, Nicholas Wykert administrator, so he probably died shortly before that date. The estate amounted to $270.66. Sales of his personal effects were reported to Reason Biddle, Nicholas and Francis Wykert and Loyd Biddle. The estate was not settled until 22 Mar 1828 and the settlement reported expenses, among others of $3.44 for the funeral and $5.50 for the coffin.

According to the 1888 biographical sketch of his son, Theodore Wykert, he emigrated from Germany about 1761, settling in Pennyslvania, where he was married and reared a family of nine children, all of whom grew to mature years. They also married, and with one exception all died in West Virginia, this one being Nicholas, who removed to Kansas and died there some years ago.


Other Wykert Marriages in Marshall Co., WV
REFERENCE: Marshall County, WV Marriages 1835-1889 by Wes Cochran

Nicholas Wykert m. Catherine Potter, 3 Dec 1837
Richard Wykert m. Hannah Smith, 17 Feb 1846
Samuel Wykert m. Nancy Hendershot, 16 Jul 1850
Nicholas Wykert, a. 58, m. Mary J. Miller, a. 20, 24 Jan 1854
Mary Wykart, a. 23, m. Albert Williams, a. 23, 6 Jan 1877
(Furnished by Joan Wykert Jukes)

REFERENCE: pg 1375 TCR

Our Huggins/Huggans Family

Our Huggins/Huggans Family:

Website of Dee Huggins.

"Nearly all of the Huggins / Huggans families on this site were from West Virginia, Pennsylvania and/or Ohio."

Baker, Capt. John

Summary of John BAKER Capt. - 16 May 2010
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Name: John BAKER Capt.
Sex: Male

Individual Facts
Birth bet 1735-1740 Prussia
Death 1787 (age 52) Grave Creek, Marshall Co., VA
Burial 1787 (age 52) Cresap, Marshall Co., VA, Graveyard Run

Marriages/Children
1. Elizabeth Ann SULLIVAN
Marriage bet 1760 and 1765 (age 25) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
Children
... Margaret BAKER (abt 1761 - aft 1830)
... Catherine BAKER (abt 1761 - bet 1826 and 1831)
... Henry BAKER (1763 - 1848/49)
... George BAKER Jr. (bet 1763 and 1771 - abt 1845)
... John BAKER II (1765 - 22 May 1794)
... Elizabeth BAKER (bet 1766 and 1768 - )
... Joseph BAKER (bet 1773 and 1775 - bet 1855 and 1859)
... Jacob Martin BAKER Sr. (abt 1775 - 1861)
... Mary BAKER (bet 1765 and 1778 - )
... Martin D. BAKER (10 Oct 1780 - abt 27 Apr 1857)
... Isaac BAKER (13 Jan 1782 - abt 1865)

Notes (Individual)
General:
Captain John Baker

FATHER: According to Gail V. (Cecil) Yoho his father was Nicholas Baker. Other researchers list, George Perilous Baker. Can anyone prove it?

MILITARY: According to Denver Yoho he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

DEATH: He was killed by Indians in 1787.


John Baker

Various histories of the Upper Ohio Valley have accounts of Captain John Baker. These accounts agree in substance, but differ in some minor details. He was killed by Indians in 1787, and his son, John Baker, Jr., was killed by Indians at the same location in 1794.

"History of Marshall County, West Virginia" by Scott Powell, gives this account: "Captain John Baker was born in Prussia and came to America about 1760. He arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and five years latter married Elizabeth Sullivan of that city, and from there the young couple moved to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia where they lived two years and from there they removed to the waters of Dunkard Creek, now in Greene County, Pennsyvlannia, in the year 1767 and remained there seven years. At the time they lived on that creek there were a number of Indians residing on it and they and the whites were very friendly. At the breaking out of Dunmore's War he removed his family to Redstone Old Fort, now Brownsville. The American Revolution breaking out soon after the close of Dunmore's War, Indian hostilities soon followed the breaking out of the war. He remained at the fort a number of years, and was in the service of that Colony of Virginia much of the time during that war, but there is little record of him.

He went from Redstone to Catfish Camp in 1781, where he remained a short time and then removed to Round Bottom and in 1784 Captain Baker built a blockhouse near the upper end of Cresap's Bottom. This place was generally known by the name of Baker's Station. (Near what is now Moundsville, West Virginia.)

While two of the Wetzel men were at Baker's Station in 1787, they and Captain Baker noticed some Indians on the opposite shore of the Ohio River walking about leisurely. Baker getting an opportunity shot at one of them and killed him. The others ran away as if badly frightened, leaving the dead Indian where he fell. They did it evidently to deceive the whites, as it was proved later by their actions. Baker and the two Wetzels crossed over the river and were viewing the dead Indian when several shots were fired and Baker fell mortally wounded. The Wetzels treed and commenced to fight and some other men crossed the river and reinforced them and drove the Indians off and recovered the body of Baker. He had crawled a short distance from where he fell and was alive when recovered but died soon after arriving at the station. He was buried on a flat near a stream called Grave Yard Run at the upper end of Cresap's Bottom." (Furnished by Hugh L. Yoho)


Historical Highway Marker

The roadside marker for Captain John Baker reads: BAKER'S STATION; Site of blockhouse built by; Captain John Baker in 1784.; Rendezvous of scouts along Indian war path from Muskingum; Valley into Virginia. Near by are; buried Captain Baker, John; Wetzel, and others killed by; Indians in 1787. [Note: Semi-colons separate each line of text from the plaque. I believe this sign is located in Marshall Co., WV about one mile below the mouth of Captina Creek which flows into the Ohio River, near the boundary between Belmont and Monroe counties, Ohio. REH]


Baker family

John Baker came to this country in 1740 from Prussia. He landed in Philadelphia, and in 1760 married a lady by the name of Elizabeth Sullivan. He later moved westward to a spot below Wheeling, W.Va. on the Ohio River, where he founded Baker's Fort. This is now in Marshall Co. W.Va., about one mile below the mouth of Captina Creek, which flows into the Ohio river near the boundary between Belmont and Monroe counties. During the Revolution, he served in Va. militia units at Redstone Old Fort (now in Pa.) under Col. Silas Hedges. This service has been accepted by the DAR.

After the close of the Revolution, the Indians continued to attack the frontier settlements in a last ditch effort to keep the white men from encroaching on their hunting grounds and in 1787, Capt. John Baker was defending his fort in company with the Wetzels, when he met his death.

The Indians appeared on the opposite bank of the Ohio River, evidently seeking an opportunity to kill the whites who had taken refuge in the fort. Baker fired and killed an Indian, and the other Indians, pretending they were frightened, scattered and ran in different directions, leaving their dead brother on the ground. Baker, seeing that his shot had proved fatal, and being somewhat daring, suggested to the Wetzels that they cross the river and examine the dead Indian. When they reached the other side, the Indians resumed the attack, resulting in the death of John Baker. The Wetzels recovered the body, and carried it back across the river for burial at the fort.

Capt. John Baker and his wife, Elizabeth Sullivan were the parents of the following children: John, Jr. killed by Indians in 1794; Henry Baker, who was captured by the Indians in 1781 and later married Elizabeth Parr in 1785, and then Nancy Swaney in Belmont Co., Apr. 24, 1825; Joseph Baker who married Mary Finley Oct. 18, 1797; Martin Baker born in 1773; Jacob Baker born in 1775 and died in Monroe Co., in 1861; Isaac Baker, born 1782, died 1886 in Taswell Co., Ohio, Margaret who married Peter Yoho; Mary who married Christian Gatts, and Bessey.

John Jr. was killed at the Battle of Captina in May, 1794, and an account of this is given in Hardesty's History on page 205. Capt. Abram Enochs was also killed in this engagement.

The deed records show that Martin Baker's wife was Sarah, and Hardesty's History states that he died in Monroe Co. in 1857. Isaac Baker married Ruth Brock, and he died in 1865 and she in 1844. Their son, John Nelson Baker was born in Monroe Co. Mar. 8, 1823 -- see Hardesty's History -- biographical accounts, page 9.
(Source: Family Research in Monroe County, Catharine Fedorchak, 8 Feb 1968)

RESEARCHER: Mr. Earl Carson; 1718 Broadway; Flint, MI 48506, about 1968.

BIOGRAPHY: Captain John Baker
John Baker came to America arriving at Philadelphia aboard the ship "Neptune" from Germany in 1751 or 1754. (James Jefferson Miller stated that Capt. John Baker's father was George Perilous Baker and that John's brother Jacob came to America with him.) (1)

According to the family Bible of Benjamin Baker, John Baker's siblings were Henry (1731-1808 VA) married Maria Elizabeth Fink, Jacob, George married Elizabeth Strenger, Peter, Hannah and Betty. (2)

About 1760, John Baker married, in Philadelphia, Elizabeth Sullivan. Following their marriage the couple located in the Shendandoah Valley of Virginia for about two years and by 1767 found their way to what is now Greene County, Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Dunkard Creek and the Monongahala River where they lived until about 1774. At the time that they lived on that creek, there were a number of Indians residing on it and they and the whites were very friendly.

When Dunsmore's War broke out, they moved to Redstone Old Fort, now Brownsville, PA. The family stayed there a number of years, and John was in the service of the Colony of Virginia much of the time during the Revolutionary War but there is little record of him.

About 1780 he migrated, with his family, to Catfish Camp where they remained before going to Round Bottom in western Virginia where he built Baker's Station in 1784 near the upper end of Cresap's Bottom in present day Marshall County, WV. This is located near what is now Moundsville, West Virginia. It served as a rendezvous for scouts along the Indian War Path from the Muskingham Valley to Virginia.

While two sons of John Wetzel (perhaps Lewis, the more daring) were at Baker's Station in 1787, they and Captain Baker noticed some Indians on the opposite shore of the Ohio River walking about leisurely. Baker got an opportunity to shoot one of them and killed him. The others ran away as if badly frightened, leaving the dead Indian where he fell. They apparently did it to deceive the whites as it was proven later by their actions.

Baker and the Wetzels crossed over the river and were viewing the dead Indian when several shots were fired and Baker fell mortally wounded. The Wetzels commenced to fight and some other men crossed the river and reinforced them driving off the Indians allowing the recovery of Baker's body. He had crawled a short distance from where he fell and was alive when recovered but died soon after arriving at the station. He was buried on a flat near a stream called Grave Yard Run at the upper end of Cresap's Botton. (3) In the account of the death of John Baker in "The History of the Panhandle" (4) the following is stated: "He had crawled partially under a log, lying insensible, with both eyes gored out.....attending his funeral were Henry Baker, the old Indian warrior, and family; George Baker, Leonard Reager and two brothers, Aaron Hughes and Capt. Roberts." Martin Wetzel died in the fall of 1812 and before his death, he requested that his remains be laid along the side of John Baker's which request was granted.

An historical marker was erected at the site of Baker's Station in WV and shows John Baker's death as 1787. The marker reads, "Site of blockhouse built by Captain John Baker in 1784. Rendezvous of scouts along Indian war path from Muskingum Valley into Virginia. Near by are buried Captain Baker, John Wetzel, and others killed by Indians in 1787."

Early in the 1800s Elizabeth, his widow, is said to have gone with five of her sons (according to Al Young) across the Ohio River to Washington Township in Belmont County, Ohio. About 1813, she and three of the sons located in Center Township, where from 1813 to 1833, Martin acquired land in sections 27, 28, 33, and 34; Isaac in sections 33 and 34. Henry lived close by in Range 6, Township 6, Section 1 and Range 5, Township 5, Section 20 in 1811 and 1813 respectively.

Center Township was wilderness when it was platted in 1812. John Windland, who operated a saw mill, and Jacob Windland, who owned the grist mill, decided to get a keg of French brandy and invited all the men within a five mile radius to meet on a Saturday and clear the land.

Elizabeth's burial place, Steed Hill Cemetery, is located at the site of the old Baker farm, located about five miles south of Woodsfield on Route 26 and 800 (now owned by Charles Bott, Marietta, Ohio). Martin Baker and his second wife are buried next to her. In the 1820 census, one male and two females, all under 16, were in her household. She was not naturalized.

References:
(1) Information from Virginia E. Weaver, 1275 Augumn Hills, Reno, NV 89511, who is the grand-daughter of Miller, a descendant of Henry Baker family.

(2) Information in the Bible was in the handwriting of Cynthia Baker Simmons, great-great grandmother of Marlie Johnson and daughter of Benjamin Baker. Benjamin was the son of Martin Baker and grandson of Capt. John Baker.

(3) History of Marshall County, West Virginia by Scott Powell

(4) History of the Pan-Handle, West Virginia, J. H. Newton, Nichols and Sprankle
(Furnished by Anne Rast)

REFERENCE: "Baker Family - also Yoho and Gatts of Baker's Station, Marshall county, (W)VA," information from Clarice Stanley and Denver Yoho, was published in 1997 and donated to the Ohio County Public Library at Wheeling, WV.

Gorby, Ebenezer

Summary of Ebenezer GORBY - 13 May 2010
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Name: Ebenezer GORBY
Sex: Male
Father: Thomas GORBY (abt 1730 - bef 24 Mar 1814)
Mother: Elisabeth ALLMAN (1740 - aft 1814)

Individual Facts
Birth 1784 Westmoreland Co., PA
Death 22 Dec 1852 (age 68) Marshall Co., VA
Burial 22 Dec 1852 (age 68) Bowman Ridge, Marshall Co., VA, Methodist Cemetery

Marriages/Children
1. Prudence PARSONS
Marriage 26 Mar 1805 (age 21) Washington Co., PA
Children
... Mary GORBY (1806 - )
... Hannah GORBY (29 Oct 1808 - bef 1870)
... Elizabeth GORBY (1810 - 1891)
... Rebecca GORBY (1812 - )
... Miriam GORBY (5 May 1813 - 11 Dec 1888)
... Annie GORBY (26 May 1814 - 1 Jan 1909)
... Daniel GORBY (1815 - 1895)
... Barbara Jane GORBY (Apr 1820 - 1900)
... Vincent Parsons GORBY (2 Jun 1822 - 1885)
... Phoebe GORBY (1824 - )
... Mahala GORBY (1826 - bef 1858)
... Jesse E. GORBY (1828 - abt 1903)
... Martha GORBY (1830 - )
... Clymens GORBY (1834 - )

Notes (Individual)
General:
Ebenezer Gorby

RESEARCHER: Some information about the names of the children, of Ebenezer Gorby, and their spouses funished by Joyce Winkle. No source citations.

REFERENCE: see pg 975 TCR
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

MILITARY: Ebenezer Gorby served in the War of 1812.
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

LAND: Ebenezer Gorby received 60 acres of land on Fish Creek in 1830.
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

CENSUS: Ohio Co 1830 census page 216
Gorby, Ebenezer 40-50, wife 40-50, male 0-5, male 5-10, male 10-15, male 15-20,
2 females 0-5, female 5-10, 2 females 10-15, female 15-20, 4 females 20-30
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

CENSUS: Marshall co 1840 census page 31
Gorby, Ebenezer 50-60, wife 50-60, male 10-15, male 15-20, male 20-30, 2 female
10-15, female 15-20, female 20-30
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

CENSUS: #394 Marshall Co 1850
Gorby, Ebenezer 65 PA Miller, Prudence 66 PA, Martha 20 VA, Cylmena 16 VA
(Cynthia)
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

LAND: Bounty Land Grant by Widow on 25 JUL 1855 - 160 acres.
[QUESTION: Wasn't this after the death of Ebenezer Gorby? REH]
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

Yoho, Joseph Jacob

Summary of Joseph Jacob YOHO - 9 May 2010
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Name: Joseph Jacob YOHO
Sex: Male
Father: Peter YOHO (abt 1745 - bef 21 Oct 1823)
Mother: Margaret BAKER (abt 1761 - aft 1830)

Individual Facts
Birth abt 1792 Marshall Co., VA/WV
Death aft 27 Jun 1864 (age 72) Marshall Co., WV

Marriages/Children
1. Margaret UNKNOWN
Children
... Mary YOHO (abt 1815 - )
... Sarah YOHO (abt 1817 - )
... Isaac YOHO (bet 1818 and 1821 - 10 May 1891)
... Lewis YOHO (bet 1818 and 1822 - )
... Huldah YOHO (13 Jun 1825 - 6 Dec 1902)

Notes (Individual)
General:
Joseph Jacob Yoho

PARENTS: Peter Yoho and Margaret Baker

AKA: Joseph Jacob Yoho was probably known as, Jacob. What was the source of the first name, Joseph?

Census: 1860, in Marshall Co., VA, Moundsville PO, 179
Jacob Yoho 65 VA Farmer $1130 $145
Margaret 55
Hulda 25

RESIDENCES: Jacob Yoho lived in the Fish Creek area of Ohio/Marshall County, VA/WV.

CHILDREN: According to Verna B. Riggs the children were born at Fish Creek, Marshall Co., VA.


RESIDENCES: On 24 March 1828, when Henry Yoho Jr. bought the land of Peter Yoho from the other heirs, Jacob Yoho and Margaret his wife, were living in Ohio County, Virginia.


LAND: Jacob and Margaret Yoho Deed 40 Acres to Nicholas Cooper - Franklin Twp., Marshall Co., WV - 27 June 1864

This Deed made 27 June 1864 between Jacob Yoho and his wife, Margaret, of the first part and Nicholas Cooper of the second part.

Witnesseth that the parties of the first part in consideration of two hundred and eight dollars to them is paid in receipt of which is hereby have acknowledged, granted and sold to said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever with covenants of general warranty the following described, part and parcel of land situated on the waters of Whetstone, Marshall County, West Virginia adjoining lands of Samuel Ruckman, William Yoho and others and bounded as follows to wit-

beginning and close corner to Jacob Yoho thence N 50 degrees to a hickory thence N 68 degrees and 48 poles to a White ash thence 6 degrees and 51 poles to a white oak thence N 58 degrees 83 poles a Stake then So. 16 degrees and 92 poles to a stump thence S 13 degrees and 34 poles to the beginning containing forty acres together with a perpetual right of way to and from said tract of land of forty acres the tract of said belonging to said Jacob Yoho on which he now resides adjoining said parts and tracts passing by the house of the said Jacob to the County Road leading from Lynn Camp to the Proctor road the said right of way begins at a stump corner to said Cooper and Yoho and runs by the house of said Yoho to the said public highway and is to be twelve feet wide.

Witness the following signatures and seals-

Jacob Yoho
Margaret Yoho SEAL

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, MARSHALL COUNTY TO WIT--
I JOHN RICHMOND a justice of the peace in and for said County and State do hereby Certify that Jacob Yoho whose name is signed to the above deed dated June 27, 1864 personally appeared before me in my said County and acknowledge the same given above given under my hand this day-

John Richmond JP

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, MARSHALL COUNTY TO WIT
John Richmond a justice of the Peace for said County and State do hereby certify that Margaret Yoho wife of Jacob Yoho whose name is signed to the foregoing Deed dated June 27, 1864 personally appeared before me in my said County and having said deed fully explained and have examined by me privily and apart from her said husband and having said deed fully explained to her she the said Margaret acknowledged the same to be her act and declared that she had willing Executed the same and wishes not to retract it. Given under my hand this 7 July 1864-

John Richmond JP
(Source: Land transfer - Marshall Co., WV Book 15/p. 64, 27 Jun 1864 - Furnished by Finnicum and Briggs)

Finnicum and Briggs write concerning the above land transaction: This deed tells us where Jacob and his wife, Margaret, lived on Fish Creek and who there neighbors were. Fish Creek is located about 10 miles from Proctor, WV. Going North on Route 2 you turn right where the sign indicates, Graysville. The writing of the original deed was hard to read and illegible in some parts. A magnifying glass was used in the transcibing.

[Note: The buyer may have been Nicholas Cooper who was married to Catherine Parsons. Catherine Parsons was the daughter of, Joseph Parsons and Margaret Yoho. REH]


LAND: Heirs of Jacob Yoho (after his death) sell 14-1/2 acres in Marshall Co.
VA to Nicholas Cooper, 10 or 14 Dec 1864
Heirs signing:
Daniel Finch
Mary Finch (nee Yoho, w/o Daniel Finch)
Hulda Yoho (2nd wife of George Yoho, i.e., Hulda (Yoho) Yoho)
Lewis Yoho
Drusilla Yoho (nee Garner, w/o Lewis Yoho)
Isaac Yoho
Elizabeth Yoho (w/o Isaac Yoho (above))
Margaret Yoho (w/o Jacob Yoho, the decendent)
William K. Goddard of Wetzel Co., VA [middle initial is probably R.]
Sarah Goddard (nee Yoho, w/o William K. Goddard (above))
(Source: Land transfer - Marshall Co., WV, Book 15/p. 358-359 10 or 14 Dec 1864
- furnished by Finnicum and Briggs)


LAND: 14 Acres & 90 poles on the Waters of Whetstone, Marshall Co., WV Between Hulda Yoho; Lewis Yoho & Drusilla Yoho his wife; Isaac Yoho & Elizabeth his wife; Margaret Yoho widow of Jacob Dec'd. of Marshall Co. WV; William K. Goddard & Sarah his wife of Wetzel Co., WV, of the first part; and Nicholas Cooper of the second part, etc... [Note: Clarice Stanley has a copy of this deed.] (Source: Marshall Co. WV Land Transfer, Book 16/p. 505 10 or 13 Aug 1866. (Mentioned by Finnicum and Briggs - extraction furnished by Clarice Stanley)

DEATH: He died sometime between June and December 1864 in Marshall Co., WV. Finnicum and Briggs suggest that Jacob and Margaret Yoho were probably buried in unmarked graves on their farm on Fish Creek, Marshall Co., WV.

Yoho, Henry

Notes for Henry YOHO Sr. (My RIN-466)

PARENTS: Johannas Yoho and Susanna Catherine Lau

BIRTH: Henry Yoho was born about 18 miles from Winchester, VA.

AKA-RELATIONSHIP: Denver Yoho writes: This person was called Henry Yoho Sr. to distinguish him from his nephew who was called, Henry Yoho Jr.


MILITARY:
According to Denver Yoho he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and Indian Scout. His Revolutionary War service is recorded under VA No. 12222. His pension file is S-7996 - Book, West Virginians in the Revolution, p. 316.

MILITARY: Revolutionary War Service
According to DAR member, Estella (Gunn) Stone, Henry Yoho's services in assisting in the establishment of American Independence during the War of the Revolution were as follows:

• 1776, 2 months, private, Lt. Samuel Swingler, VA
• June 1777, 4 months, Capt. Cross, Capt. John Minor, Col. Gibson
• 1778, 2 months, Lieut. Swigler
• 1778, 3 months, spy, Capt. Whetzel
• 1778, 4-6 months, spy, Capt. Cross, Col John Evans
• July 1779, 18 months, Lieut. Jacob Cline, Col. Laughlin
• 1781, stationed at Fort Mason and wounded by Indians
• Was in General McIntosh and General Clark's Indian Expeditions

MILITARY:
DAR Record for Henry Yoho: Revolutionary War Soldier - Pvt. VA State Troops 1776-77 1st. Batallion Washington Co., PA - 1782 in PA Militia with brother Peter Yoho, Capt. John Guthrie. Also Company commanded by Capt. John Mills PA Archive Series VI Vol. 2, p. 18, 19, 271. 1778-79 Served as Spy against the Indians. Pension #S-7996 Eff. 4 Mar 1831.


REFERENCE: Daughter of American Revolution Patriot Index 1990, page 3323.

REFERENCE: Soldiery of West Virginia by Lewis, 1967, pg 97, 109, 123.

DAR Membership: DAR National #592263, Eloyce Parsons Trader, 1991.


RESIDENCES: Henry Yoho was a land owner and farmer. He lived in the Fish Creek area of Marshall Co., WV and in Monongalia Co., VA and Tyler Co. VA(WV).

LAND: 5 Jun 1804
Ohio Co., VA Deed Book 7, page 208, June 5, 1804, Peter Yoho bought 170 acres of land, at Gully Bottom, Fish Creek, near (Graysville, WV) from Abijah McClain for $502.00. This land adjoined the land of his brother, Henry Yoho, who bought 192 acres on Fish Creek from Abijah McClain, June 5, 1804, Deed Book 7, page 205, for the sum of $525.00.

appurtainances, to have and to hold, said parcel of land with its appurtainances to the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs to the Sole use and behoof of the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs and the said Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife, do covenant with the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs, that the said Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife and their heirs the said parcel of land with the appurtainances to the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs, against all persons whatsoever, will forever warrant and defend. In witness the said Henry Yoho & Catharine his wife have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their Seals the day and year above written.

His
Henry X Yoho
Mark

Her
Catharine X Yoho
Mark

Acknowledged 30 January 1891, etc.
She relinquied land, 18 Oct 1819
(Source: Deed Book 10, p. 122, Ohio Co., WV - "The Rine (Ryan) Family History," p. 13)


LAND: Lazarus Rine - Deed for Property on Rine's Ridge, Marshall Co., VA/WV (Ohio Co., VA), 7 Jul 1818
This Indenture made this 7th day of July in the year of our Lord 1818, between Henry Yoho & Catherine his wife of the one part and Lazarus Ryan of the other part (Witnesseth) That the said Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of $196 dollars and 87-1/2 cents to them in hand paid do give grant bargain and sell to the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs one parcel of land in the county of Ohio containing 150 acres, being part of a tract of 389 acres granted to said Henry Yoho by Patent bearing date, the first day of August 1804, being the same more or less, contained within the following bounds, (to wit) beginning at an elm and ash of the south bank of Fish Creek opposite the lower end of a small island in the creek, corner of Samuel Owings and Richd Nichols, then down the creek according to the several meanders thereof and binding thereon 123 ps. to a beech and hickory on the bank, thence S. 86 W. 58 ps. to a small beach [sic] on the top of a narrow ridge, then W. 209 ps. to a stone between two sugar trees and a dogwood on a line of Robert Woods, thence with said line S. 72-1/2 poles to an ash on Richd Nichols line, thence with said line E. 360 ps. to the beginning; together with all its appurtainances, to have and to hold, said parcel of land with its appurtainances to the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs to the Sole use and behoof of the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs and the said Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife, do covenant with the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs, that the said Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife and their heirs the said parcel of land with the appurtainances to the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs, against all persons whatsoever, will forever warrant and defend. In witness the said Henry Yoho & Catharine his wife have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their Seals the day and year above written.

His
Henry X Yoho
Mark

Her
Catharine X Yoho
Mark

Acknowledged 30 January 1891, etc.
She relinquied land, 18 Oct 1819
(Source: Deed Book 10, p. 122, Ohio Co., WV - "The Rine (Ryan) Family History," p. 13)


LAND: 21 Feb 1828 - Henry Yoho Sells Land to his son-in-law Joshua Garner

This indenture made this twenty-first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight between Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife of Tyler County and State of Virginia of the one part and Joshua Garner of Ohio County and State aforesaid of the other part.

Witnesseth that the said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife for an in consideration of the sum of three hundred and twenty five dollars lawful money of Virginia to them in hand paid at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell and convey unto the said Joshua Garner a certain piece or parcel of land situate in Ohio County on Fish Creek being part of an original survey of three hundred and sixty-three acres made April 8th, 1784 for Abijah McClain and conveyed in part by said McClain to the said Henry Yoho Sr. also one other piece or parcel of land adjoining the above of twenty-one acres surveyed April 11th, 1802 for the said Henry Yoho.

Beginning at a gum and beech on the creek bank in the original line and corner to land conveyedby said Abijah McClain to Peter Yoho deceased thence with said Peter Yoho line North 34 degrees East forty-five and a half poles crossing Fish Creek to a hickory on the bank of the creek thence North 23 degrees West one hundred and fifty poles to three beeches in the forks of a drean thence leaving said Yoho line North 1 degree East twenty poles to two small elms in a drean corner to George Baker and on the original line of said McClain's survey then with the same South 79 degrees East one hundred and twenty-eight poles to a white oak corner to the aforesaid 21 acres thence with and including the same North 43 degrees East forty poles to a sycamore thence South 67 1/2 degress East one hundred and twelve poles to two sycamores thence South 20 degress West twenty two poles to a poplar in the line of survey made for Thomas Buffington thence with the said line North 76 degrees West sixty poles to a stone where said survey of 21 acres calles for a walnut on the bank of the creek thence leaving the line of said 21 acres and crossing the creek South 82 degrees West fifty-six poles to the south abutment of a mill dam thence down the south side of the creek South 27 1/2 degrees West one hundred and thirty poles thence South 50 1/2 degres West sixty-three poles to the beginning one hundred and twenty-nine acres more or less together with all and singular the tenements here ? and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold the said described piece or parcel of land within the aforesaid bounds together with all the tenements here ? and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said Joshua Garner and his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use and behoof of the said Joshua Garner his heirs and assigns forvever and the said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife for themselves and their heirs doth covenant promise and agree to and with the said Joshua Garner his heirs and assigns that they the said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife in and to the said described piece of parcel of land aforesaid is seized ? of and entitled to a good sure and perfect and indefesible state of inheritance in fee simple and that they have good right and lawful authority to sell convey and assure the same to the said Joshua Garner his heirs and assigns forever and further that they the said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife the said described piece or parcel of land aforesaid together with the tenements ? and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wide appertaining unto the Said Joshua Garner and his heirs and assigns forever free from the claim or claims of all persons whatsover shall and will warrant and forever defend
Henry Yoho
His Mark

Catherine Yoho
Her Mark
(Indenture furnished by Hugh L. Yoho)


MILITARY-PENSION: 25 Sep 1832
Henry Yoho made an affidavit for application for Revolutionary War Pension on 25 Sep 1832 at the County court of Monongalia, State of Virginia. He gave another statement of his service, about 5 years later, before A. Caldwell, Judge of the W.D. Virginia at a place referred to as Winchester in the statement.

MILITARY-PENSION:
Catherine Lemley and Stephen Gapen, who lived in Whiteley Twp., Greene Co., PA made affidavit as to Henry Yoho's Revolutionary War Service. Henry Yoho made affidavit of the service of 2 members of the Morris family who lived in that locality.

MILITARY-PENSION: 10 Apr 1833
Record from "Soldiery of W. Va." by Virgil A. Lewis, M.A. State Historian and Archivist. General Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1972.: Monongalia Co. - Henry Yoho, PVT, $80.00 annual; $240.00 received, VA Militia, April 10, 1833, placed on Pension Roll March 4, 1831, at age 82. Due to Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832.

Problem: Was the place of death, Ohio (Marshall) Co., WV, Wetzel Co. WV or Tyler Co., WV? Vernon Anderson lists, Tyler Co., WV.

The Indian Wars - By Denver Yoho - April 1995

We have records of at least four, and possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian Wars.

Henry Yoho, who was born in 1752 and died March 12, 1845, lived in and around the Fish Creek, Marshall County, West Virginia area. Several records of Henry's services have been found. Henry made application for a pension when he was eighty years old and had to renew the application at the age of eighty-five. He received a pension of forty dollars a year. The DAR Patriot Index, 1966 printing, states, "Henry Yoho born 1752, died March 12, 1845; married Catherine; Pvt. Spy Virginia (pension)."

The information about Henry Yoho that follows is from the "West Virginians in the Revolution," page 316: "Henry Yoho, Service Virginia, VA no. 12222, No. S 7996; Enlisted in Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1776 under Lieutenant Swingler and Cross, Captians Minor and Wetzel, Colonel John Evans, Colonel Laughlin and General Clark. While guarding the western frontier settlements, "No man except possibly Lewis Wetzel encountered so many hardships and risks of life, said Thomas P. Ray, of Morgantown, West Virginia, September 25, 1832 in seeking adjustment to Henry's pension. Henry Yoho received a pension while living in Monongalia County, Virginia in 1833. His claim was supported by Peter Haut and Stephen Gapen. In his two pension requests Henry recites his entire service as he remembered it after nearly sixty years. He was shot in the hip while on horseback at Fort Henry at the same time his future brother-in-law, Henry Baker, was captured by Indians. He made at least one spy trip with the famed Lewis Wetzel, a famous regional Indian fighter. They were in the army of General George Rogers Clark when he had such sucess in Illinois. Wetzel and Yoho were detailed at Point Pleasant to scout the Great Kanawha Valley and when they returned Clark had moved on so they missed Clark's western campaign. Henry Yoho told his grandson, Samuel Goddard, taht he was an associate of Lewis Wetzel, Simon Gurty, Adam Poe and other Indian fighters at their headquarters at Fort Wheeling. Samuel had said, "that he would be afraid to go to bed after hearing the stories told to him about the exploits of the Indian fighters."
(Source: The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1)

DAR Patriot Index

The DAR PATRIOT INDEX lists two men by the name of Yoho who had Revolutionary Service: Henry Yoho, born 1752, died 1845, wife, Catherine, Private, Spy, Virginia and Peter Yoho, b. circa 1745, died in 1817 also a private from PA.

Henry Yoho applied for a pension from Monongalia Co., VA when he was 82 years old, put Peter never applied for one. However, both Henry and Peter show up on the First Battalion, Wasington Co., [PA] Militia recruited in Whiteley, Greene and Dunkard Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA in 1782. Ref. PA Archives, Series VI, Vol. 2, pp. 18-19, pp. 271.

I sent for the pension file of Henry Yoho and found it interesting reading. File No. S-7996. Henry was placed on the roll of the Wheeling Agency at the rate of Forty Dollars per Annum under the law of 7 Jun 1832. His application reveals that he was born in Virginia about 18 miles from Winchester. He did not recollect the year, but he stated he was 85 years old. His father's family moved to Western Virginia when he was 11 years old and he resided there ever since. He first served in the Revolution in a company commanded by Lieut. Samuel Singles who was stationed on Whiteley Creek, now in Monongalia Co., [WV] at the house of a settler named Duncan. The Company was composed of 18 men, some drafted, although he had volunteered. They marched to Garrett's fort on Whiteley Creek and remained there for about a month.

The next year he volunteered under Capt. Cross, and while his company was at Pittsburg, they learned of the massacre of Capt. Fourman and a quarter of his company at Grave Creek Narrows 10 miles below Wheeling. They marched there and buried 22 of Captain Fourman's company and then returned to Wheeling.

This massacre is told of in detail in some of the histories of that period and area, if anyone wants to know more about it, I refer him to HISTORY OF BELMONT & JEFFERSON COUNTIES - Caldwell, 1880, page 104.

Soon after the siege of Fort Henry in 1776, a company of Militia under the command of Capt. Foreman came from east of the alleghenies to take charge of the fort at Wheeling and for the protection of the settlements in that vicinity. On the 26th of Sept. Capt. Foreman and 45 men started in search of marauding Indians and marched down the river about 12 miles below Wheeling and encamped. Here through ignorance of the methods and practices of Indian warfare, and a foolish perversity in rejecting the prudent counsel of one of the settlers named Lynn, who accompanied him as a spy, his command was ambushed and almost destroyed. Twenty-one of his men were killed outright, and but for the judgment, skill and bravery of John Lynn, the whole party would have been completely annihilated. Among the slain was the unfortunate Capt. Foreman and two of his sons. This John Lynn was a celebrated Indian spy, who also later warned the settlers at the siege of Fort Henry in the first of Sept. 1782
(Source: Spirit of Democracy, 13 Jul 1972 Family Research in Monroe County by Catherine Foreaker Fedorchak - furnished by Vivian Yoho)


BIOGRAPHY: Henry Yoho
Henry Yoho was the son of Johannes and Sussana Yoho. He was born eighteen miles from Wincherter, Virginia. He was one of the first white men to settle in the Ohio Valley. He was a noted Indian fighter with the famous pioneer Lewis Wetzel. He served with his brothers John and Peter as privates in the Revouutionary War.

Henry enlisted in the Virginia Milita in 1776 from Monogalia County, Virginia, now West Virginias. He served 2 months under Lieutenant Samuel Swingler, stationed at a fort on Whitely Creek. He served from June 1777 for four months under Captains John Minor and William Cross in Colonel Gibson's Virginia regiment and marched to Fort Pitt and down the Ohio River to the mouth of Wheeling Creek in pursuit of Indians. During this time Henry served with his brother John. From "Frontier Defense on Upper Ohio" the Muster Roll 3NN6 gives a list of 20 officers and men under Lieut. William Cross of Monongalia Pennsylvania Militia, under command of Major James Chew at Fort Pitt, Oct, 1, 1777.

In 1778 he served 2 months under Lieutenant Swingler, 3 months in Captain John Wetzel's company of Rangers, Monongahala County under command of Col Daniel McFarland. In the fall of 1778 Henry served six months in Captain Cross' company of Colonel John Ivars' regiment. He was in the McIntosh's expedition to Big Beaver on the Ohio River and assisted in building Forts McIntosh and Laurens. Henry served from July 1779 under Jacob Cline in Colonel Laughlin's regiment in General Clark's expedition to the Falls of the Ohio.

Henry and his brother Peter joined the Pennsylvania Militia ca. 1880. Both are listed as members of the First Battalion, Washington County in 1782 serving under Capt. John Guthery. In 1781 while stationed at Mason's Fort on Buffalo Creek he was wounded in the hip during a skirmish with the Indians. During the skirmish, Henry Baker was taken prisioner.

After his military service, Henry purchased several pieces of land including 100 acres for $400 located at Long Reach on the Ohio River. In 1826 he purchased 200 acres on Proctor Run in Tyler County, Virginia, now West Virginia. He also purchased 193 acres for $575 on Fish Creek joining land owned by Peter Yoho.

In 1836 when in his 80s Henry applied for and received pension #S7996. He received $80 per annum, beginning on March 4, 1831.

Sources:
Soldiering of West Virginia by V. A. Lewis, 1867, Genealogical Pub. Co.
"Frontier Defense on Upper Ohio" Muster Rolls
The History of the Panhandle by Newton
Pennsylvania Archives Series VI volume 2
War Department Revolutionary Claims
Denver Yoho, Rt 3 Box 202, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 (Deceased)

Morgan, Colonel Morgan

Colonel Morgan Morgan

Birth: 1 NOV 1688 Glamorgan, Scotland
Death: 17 NOV 1766 Frederick, ,VA

REFERENCE: "Pioneers of Leslie Co. Kentucky" by Sadie Stidham, Library of Congress #86-082565.

REFERENCE: "The Descendants of Col. Morgan Morgan" by French Morgan, page 120. Will written 31 Oct 1829 and probated Sept. term 1829.

Problem: Was he born in Scotland or Wales?

EMIGRATION:
Born during the reign of Queen Anne and immigrated to Delaware where he married. Problem: Was the date of birth, 1 Nov 1688 or 9 Jan 1688

Problem: Dispute in family Bible, death 1796. Other dates of death have been given: 17 Nov 1766 or 1 Nov 1766 at Bunker Hill, Berkeley Co., WV.


RESIDENCES:
World Book Encyclodedia - Red Letter Dates in West Virginia, 1726, Morgan Morgan, the state's first settler, built a cabin at Bunker Hill, in Berkeley County. (Furnished by Pat Bugher)


CEMETERY:
Morgan, Col. Morgan, was born Nov. 1, 1688 and died Nov. 17, 1766. His wife was Catherine Garretson, born May 16, 1692 and died May 16, 1773. He was one of the founding fathers of Old Frederick County. He lived on Mill Creek in present day Berkeley County, WV.
(Source: Tombstone inscription in Morgan Chapel Cemetery at Bunker Hill, WV. Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia, Revised by Wilmer L. Kuns, Ph.d. - Furnished by Pat Bugher)


BIOGRAPHY: MORGAN MORGAN
Morgan Morgan (b. 1 November 1688) married Catherine Garretson in 1713 c., had eight children and died on 17 November 1766. Catherine, the daughter of Henry Garretson who had settled near Bridgeton, New Jersey, was born on 16 May 1692 and died on 16 May 1773. While living in Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware, Morgan was appointed County Coroner for the years 1726 through 1729 and was yet when he moved to Orange County, Virginia. On 5 November 1730, he sold his acre lot (with dwelling) located in Mill Creek Hundred to John Harris for 35 pounds and "considering him thereunto moving."[*] This statement indicates that Morgan moved to the Opequon Creek area in 1730.
(Source: [*] The Berkeley Journal, Issue 6, 1977, pp. 44-88 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

On 12 November 1735, Morgan Morgan acquired a 1,000-acre patent from the Colony which was signed by Governor Gooch;[*] the document is now in the possession of Berkeley County Historical Society, Martinsburg, West Virginia. This land was surveyed by Robert Brooke on 12 November 1734,[**] (Tract 57, Map 5) and is located in Berkeley County, West Virginia on Torytown Run (a branch of Mill Creek) about 3/4 mile west of Bunker Hill, West Virginia. Interstate Highway 81 is on the east side of the tract, Berkeley County Highway 26 runs through the center of the tract, and Berkeley Highway 24 crosses the western part.
(Source: [*] Virginia Land Patent Book 16, p. 398; [**] Brooke, Robert, Book of Surveys, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia - furnished by Kay Bolls)

On 9 November 1744, Morgan sold 208 acres of the 1,000-acre patent land to his son Charles Morgan for 40 pounds.[*] Charles then sold it to Lewis Moore on 3 September 1754 for 75 pounds.[**] Moore sold 18 acres of it to Ogden Nash, recorded on 4 May 1763.[***] (Tract 57A)
(Source: [*] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, p. 130; [**] Ibid., Book 3, p. 347; [***] Ibid., Book 8, p. 380 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

Morgan sold 200 acres of the 1,000-acre patent land to his son David for 100 pounds on 7 August 1745.[*] (Tract 57A)
(Source: [*] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, p. 282 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

On 4 April 1748, Morgan sold 200 acres (of the 1,000-acre patent land) to Terrance Reily and Farrel Reily for 40 pounds.[*] (Tract 57C) They later sold the 200 acres back to Morgan on 4 August 1752 for 100 pounds.[**] Then Morgan sold the 200 acres to his son Zackquill Morgan on 1 May 1761 for 100 pounds.[***] Zackquill, his wife Drusilla and mother Catherine Morgan jointly sold the 200 acres to Robert Rutherford for 300 pounds on 5 February 1768.[****] On 10 October 1769, Rutherford sold it to James Seaton for 300 pounds.[*****]
(Source: [*] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, p. 383; [**] Ibid., Book 2, p. 518; [***] Ibid., Book 6, p. 248; [****] Ibid., Book 12, p. 156; [*****] Ibid., Book 13, p. 235 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

Morgan Morgan sold 10 acres (of the 1,000-acre patent land) to Lewis Moore for 10 pounds on 4 October 1760.[*] (Tract 57D)
(Source: [*] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 6, p. 244 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

On 30 September 1764, Morgan sold a 100-acre part of the patent land to his son Evan Morgan for 50 pounds.[*] Evan sold it to his brother Morgan Morgan (II) on 6 July 1772.[**] Tract 57E) Morgan also sold 182 acres (of the 1,000-acre patent land adjacent to Lewis Moore) to his son Morgan for 100 pounds on 30 September 1764.[***] (Part of Tract 57B)
(Source: [*] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, p. 205; [**] Berkeley County, West Virginia, Deed Book 1, p. 451; [***] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, p. 208 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

On 1 October 1764, Morgan sold 100 acres of the patent land to his son Henry Morgan for 50 pounds,[*] who sold it to his brother Zachquill for 60 pounds on 14 November 1766.[**] On April 1773, Zachquill and his wife Drusilla sold the 100 acres after they had moved out of Berkeley County, West Virginia.[***]
(Source: [*] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, p. 231; [**] Ibid., Book 11, p. 371; [***] Berkeley County, West Virginia Deed Book 1, p. 507 - furnished by Kay Bolls)

Morgan, David

David Morgan

Birth: 12 MAY 1721 Christiana, New Castle Co.,DE
Death: 8 MAY 1813 Rivesville, Marion Co., VA
Burial: MAY 1813 Marion Co., VA, Morgan Cemetery

COMMENT:
David Morgan was one of the earliest settlers of the frontier. He was a man of great energy, of character, and of sterling worth.

COMMENT:
Later in that same month [April 1770], a settlement was established by the Prickett-Hall-Ice party on the Monongahela River, five miles below the mouth of the Tygart River at the mouth of the stream they named Prickett's Creek. Fearful of being attacked, they petitioned for government protection and, later in the summer, a small fortification called Prickett's Fort was established adjacent to the settlement by David Morgan, built under direction of Col. William Byrd on the Monongahela adjacent to the settlement.
[Amplification Notes: Prickett's Settlement and Prickett's Fort were located at the mouth of present Prickett's Creek, five miles below present Fairmount, [WV] and about a mile below the village of Baxter, Marion Co., WV.
(Source: "That Dark and Bloody River," by Allan W. Eckert, 1995, p. 19)


Problem: The death date of, 5 or 8 May 1813, is disputed by a Bible entry showing 1796. Pat Bugher has the date of death as, 19 May 1813 in Rivesville, Marion, VA. Pat obtain the date from the grave marker which states: David Morgan, Deceased, May 19, 1813, Aged 92. The marker is located in the Morgan family cemetery, on the farm of his son, Stephen Morgan, near Rivesville, Marion Co., VA (WV).