", Corbin, David Alan. In spite of sexism, racism, and class distinctions that women faced in volunteering, thousands responded to the national war effort. He was born in Wales and emigrated to Delaware about 1712. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, 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. There was another Arthur Laidley, elected to the General Assembly from Cabell County, attended the June Convention but refused to take part. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to William Jay 100 Harron, Geo. The opening statement on the Early Land Grant page, is from the Most of them came from Pennsylvania in the north in search of new lands. An application for admission to the Union was made to Congress. Activities, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers using the collections of the West Virginia & Regional History Center, https://libguides.wvu.edu/wvrhcteacherresources. George Washington to Frederick County to survey lands for him, It is known that in 1732, that Jost Hite with Paul H. Rakes, "West Virginia Coal Mine Fatalities: The Subculture of Danger and a Statistical Overview of the Pre-enforcement Era,", Rob Silvester, West Virginia State Wildlife Center: A Century of Conservation and Education, WVDNR, 2010, Pamela Edwards, "West Virginia Women in World War II: The Role of Gender, Class, and Race in Shaping Wartime Volunteer Efforts,", Sam F. Stack, Jr., "Implementing 'Brown' V. 'Board Of Education' In West Virginia: The 'Southern School News' Reports,", Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Virginia Constitutional Convention of 18291830, Virginia Constitutional Convention of 185051, List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union. time. [26], At first the Wheeling politicians controlled only a small part of West Virginia. 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. Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company. In 1742, Robert Allen, Jno. [19] However, most of the pro-Confederate elements no longer considered themselves citizens of the United States; they saw themselves as citizens of another country (the Confederacy) and did not vote in elections sponsored by the United States. Writtenhouse, Jacob Christman, John Hite, William Reed, The revised constitution was adopted on March 26, 1863, and on April 20, 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation admitting the state at the end of 60 days, on June 20, 1863. 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. The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 173 miles (278 km) long, in southeastern West Virginia, USA. In the late 18th century, the steel trap increased efficiency, and beaver became scarce. This database is comprised of fourteen books. James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. Many ancient earthen mounds constructed by various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the areas of Moundsville, South Charleston, and Romney. of Colonial Virginia 1707-1709, Gov. County was formed in 1720 Six followers were also tried, convicted, and executed. : Brderbund, c2000 Physical: 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in. A delegate representing Logan County was accepted as a member of this body, though he did not live in Logan County, and his "credentials consisted of a petition signed by fifteen persons representing six families". Locals forced him to take refuge in the Armory firehouse, later called "John Brown's Fort"; a unit of U.S. Marines led by Robert E. Lee stormed the firehouse and took Brown prisoner, almost killing him. (Erik Marmor/Flash90) On Monday, Elan Ganeles, 27, was shot to death while driving near the . Women volunteered for farm and home economics training programs, United Service Organizations (USO) clubs that provided entertainment and assistance to servicemen, salvage campaigns to produce steel scrap, and civil defense training that taught first aid and emergency response techniques. 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. Hite was for one thousand and twenty acres (1,020). Aliens, Johnstons and others, came and settled about the Opequon The first settlers at the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia hoped to forge new lives away from Englandbut life in the early 1600s at Jamestown consisted mainly of danger, hardship . Served as Lt. Gov. 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. A few months later in 1957, the Petersburg hatchery moved these yellow-mottles to the larger Spring Run hatchery. recorded in Orange in 1743 and 1744, and Fredrick Co. was It became one of two American states that formed during the American Civil War the other being Nevada in 1864. acres, October 3. In 1634, a palisade was built near Middle Plantation. Settlements established in present-day Virginia by 1799: Presbyterian Church, above Winchester. In limited facilities of late 1956, "Goldy" had spawn with a few Rainbow trout. which surveys were made and a record kept thereof. 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. System requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive. The earliest visits to the area were conducted primarily by English and Spanish explorers. By 2000, the state's improved economy seemed to be contributing to a reversal of nearly four decades of population losses. only sixteen year old to be a competent surveyor, but more The first This fort would become Middle Plantation and later Williamsburg, Virginia. [30] Berkeley and Jefferson counties lying on the Potomac east of the mountains, in 1863, with the consent of the Reorganized government of Virginia voted in favor of annexation to West Virginia. Daniel Polsley, Lt. 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. Counties in the east and south were settled mostly by eastern Virginians. 536 acres, in Spottsylvania, Grant to Peter Stephen, 600 the West Virginia Historical Society and there may be more. 3, No. Berkeley County was founded in 1772 1748 - George Washington surveyed land in West Virginia. [William and Mary Quarterly] JONES, Cadwallader (in Virginia 1681), Stafford County . Morgan Morgan. 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. 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 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. [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. [William and Mary Quarterly] ADAMS, Thomas (in Virginia shortly before 1664), Isle of Wight county; brother of William Adams, of Kenton, Devon. note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick Second or third sons went out to the colonies to make their fortune, or entered the military and the clergy. Gradually, settlers drifted farther down the Ohio River into present southern Indiana and Illinois; population generally followed the Ohio and the Wabash Rivers. Barretts, Neets, Dillons, Fawcetts On May 13, 1862, the state legislature of the reorganized government approved the formation of the new state. Nonetheless, West Virginia was considered the frontier for quite some time. In secret, but lawful collusion (in an era before U.S. antitrust laws were enacted), each declined to negotiate favorable rates with Page, nor did they offer to purchase his railroad, as they had many other short-lines. 500 acres, dated 3 October, 1734, Grant to Richard Pendall, 300 Virginians led by former Confederate General William Mahone formed a political coalition based upon this theory, the Readjuster Party. 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. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. Middle-class women made up the majority of volunteers; many programs were not open to African American and lower-class white women. ", The assignment of the said "orders" Keelboats were built in the Kanawha region in Leon, Ravenswood Murraysville, and Little Kanawha River. This unique collection of family and local histories, marriage records, military records, and court records references approximately 200,000 individuals. August 1734, Grant to Rus Smith, 150 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. West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 Heavy settlement began in the 1760s after Indian claims had been settled. West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states. 1730 there were [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. 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. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Bryant, 1250 142 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. [5] Little is known about the housing of Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods, but Woodland Indians lived in wigwams. and these survey were assigned by Hite to those who purchased of The first settlement in what became known as the Virginia Colony was Jamestown, which was founded in 1607. It will be noticed that there were deeds Disputes about the exact location of the border in some of the northern mountain reaches between Loudoun County, Virginia and Jefferson County, West Virginia continued well into the 20th century. expressed, which orders were made June 17, 1730. 1995-2022 Ancestral Findings, LLC. The issue was finally settled in 1915, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that West Virginia owed Virginia $12,393,929.50. 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. 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. It was the only state to form from another state during this time, splitting from Virginia. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. In October 1748, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing a ferry across the Potomac River from the landing of Evan Watkin near the mouth of Conococheague Creek in present-day Berkeley County to the property of Edmund Wade in Maryland. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to George Williams, 489 where he was not known. first settlers, yet the full names he is able to give, or does The property of Confederates might be confiscated, and, in 1866, a constitutional amendment disfranchising all who had given aid and comfort to the Confederacy was adopted. whether there was others there before that date, unsettled. Major crises in the Virginia state government over these differences were averted on more than one occasion during the period before the American Civil War, but the underlying problems were fundamental and never well resolved. 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. been some discussion on this subject through the publications of 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. Most of the Cherokee claim within West Virginia, the southwestern part of the state, was sold to Virginia in 1770 by the Treaty of Lochaber. This historic period changed the way of living extends from a little before the 18th century Virginia and Pennsylvania region North American fur trade beginning on the Eastern Panhandle of the state. NOTE. Under royal authority, the colony began to expand to the North and West with additional settlements. Skip ahead a few decades until after the Civil War. Former West Virginia Governor William A. MacCorkle described him as a man who knew the land "as a farmer knows a field." The first Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia arrived in the 1720's primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern Virginia. 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. When the United States Bureau of Mines was given more authority to regulate mine safety in the 1960s, safety awareness improved, and West Virginia coal mines became less dangerous.[44]. 116117, "Union troops were stationed outside polling places to intimidate those who might vote for Virginia. The Senate representation was arbitrarily fixed at 50 seats, with the west receiving twenty, and the east thirty senators. After its new President Frederick J. Kimball and a small party journeyed by horseback and saw firsthand the rich bituminous coal seam (which Kimball's wife named "Pocahontas," the N&W redirected its planned westward expansion to reach it. Within this area west of the New River Coalfield in Raleigh and Wyoming counties lay the Winding Gulf Coalfield, later promoted as the "Billion Dollar Coalfield.". Paleo-Indian culture appears by 10,500 BC in West Virginia passing along the major river valleys and ridge-line gap watersheds. Christian The state's integration experiences were generally peaceful, swift and cooperative. Primogeniture favored the first sons' inheriting lands and titles in England. Stoll, Steven. High Sheriff and Capt. purchasers of Hite, of the 40,000 acres, he obtained from Van Jefferson in 1801. They also raised domestic turkeys and kept dogs as pets. Governor of Virginia, the Wheeling constitution was discarded, and an entirely new one was written along ante-bellum principles. Meter. As of 2009[update], over 12,500 archaeological sites have been documented in West Virginia.[1][2]. Grant to Peter Woolf, 600 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. 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. 1738 but was not organized until 1743 On March 24. Many would join other tribes and remove to the midwest regions as settlers arrived in the state. "[32] Many private citizens were arrested by federal authorities at the request of Wheeling and interned in prison camps, most notably Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. During the war, the settlers in western Virginia were generally active Whigs and many served in the Continental Army. [33] Soldiers were also stationed at the polls to discourage secessionists and their supporters. Wooden coal barges were built on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, as well as along Coal River and Elk River. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II,", Link, William A. Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia (p. 22). that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be part of the same article. The commission established the French Creek Game Farm in 1923. Notwithstanding the competitive fears of the C&O and N&W, soon all three railroads were shipping ever-increasing volumes of coal to export from Hampton Roads. 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. Following the war, Virginia unsuccessfully brought a case to the Supreme Court challenging the secession of Berkeley County and Jefferson County to West Virginia. 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. Frederick was established by law in In this Following Confederate General Robert E. Lee's defeat at Cheat Mountain in the same year, supremacy in western Virginia was never again seriously challenged. The "capital" of the Pocahontas coalfield, this city would remain the largest city in the southern portion of the state for several decades. The grant eventually came into the possession of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and in 1746 a stone was erected at the source of the North Branch Potomac River to mark the western limit of the grant. The Wildlife and Fish Commission was created in 1921. [42] Small pockets of virgin forest remain at Gaudineer Scenic Area and Cathedral State Park.[43]. part of the forty thousand acres purchased by Jost Hite from The Virginia Colony became the wealthiest and most populated British colony in North America. The West Virginia Archives and History Library has custody of these records. In 1863, the western region was admitted to the Union as a new separate state, initially planned to be called the State of Kanawha, but ultimately named West Virginia. These were all factors driving its state economy and the lifestyles of residents, as well as drawing visitors to the state. Fairfax's daughter Anne married Warner Washington, 1st cousin of President George Washginton, Served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 until 1749, named, Father of Patrick Henry, American Founding Father. The composition of all three Wheeling Conventions, the May (First) Convention, the June (Second) Convention, and the Constitutional Convention, was of an irregular nature. A shift to exporting the state's other natural resources began. Over one-third came from the counties around the northern panhandle. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Benjamin Harden, l In the 1880s, this tram and other steam machinery were used for collecting timber used as railroad ties in the railway construction along the Kanawha river. "Corporations lay track into thousands of hollows and pulled billions of dollars in lumber and coal from the region over the following century." Robert Hagar, Constitutional Convention delegate, quoted in, "Proclamation 100 Admitting West Virginia Into the Union", John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project, Lincoln and West Virginia Statehood* By J. Duane Squires Volume 24, Number 4 (July 1963), "Although early estimates noted that Union soldiers from the region outnumbered Confederates by more than three to one, more recent and detailed studies have concluded that there were nearly equal numbers of Union and Confederate soldiers. Although WEST VIRGINIA is used on this webpage for convenience, The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607-1776) and the western part of the U.S. state of Virginia (1776-1863). acres, on Turkey Spring of Opeckon, dated October 3, General George B. McClellan's forces gained possession of the greater part of the territory in the summer of 1861. Arrived in Jamestown in 1608, Served in House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County. On the following day, the convention chose Francis H. Pierpont as governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia", elected other officers, and adjourned. The Wheeling Convention, which had taken a recess until August 6, 1861, reassembled on August 20, 1861, and called for a popular vote on the formation of a new state and for a convention to frame a constitution if the vote should be favorable. 1734, Grant to Josiah Jones, 104 In combination, all of the records collected here will help you put the lives of your early West Virginia ancestors in historical context. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after king James I. patent or grant of land west of the Blue Ridge was made to Jost West Virginia's history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, spectacular river valleys, and rich natural resources. After an early expedition in 1584 to the "New World" by Sir Walter Raleigh, many other expeditions from England were sent to explore and colonize, including three ships that set sail on April 30, 1607, which were funded by "The Virginia Company". acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Morgan, 210 Meter, who had obtained orders of our said Lieutenant-Governor, It shares a sister city with the same name, Bluefield, in Virginia. Bands of guerrillas burned and plundered in some sections, and were not entirely suppressed until after the war was ended. of New Jersey and New York 1710-1720 and Gov. Served in House of Burgesses in 1653-1658, father of Robert "King" Carter, acting Governor of Virginia 1726-1727. Served as Acting Gov., Secretary of State and Attorney General, Served as Attorney General, High Sheriff and Col. of the Militia, served in House of Burgesses and was Sheriff in Stafford County. Likewise, St. Albans, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers, became a point of trade. 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. The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. During this expedition the pair followed the New River and discovered Kanawha Falls. First to successfully cultivate tobacco in Colony; married Pocohontas. 600 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Isaac Garrison, 1000 Representation in the house of delegates was apportioned on the basis of the census of 1850, counting whites only. The necessary sections of right-of way and land were acquired before the large railroads realized what was happening. Copyright August @2011 -2023 As the war went on, many citizens began to turn against the conflict. Large Landowner Gloucester Richmond Stafford Counties. The first native settlers in southern West Virginia were the Mound Builders, also known as the Adena people. 1762 - The oldest town in West Virginia, Shepherdstown, is founded. Therefore, since the Secession Convention had been called by the legislature and not the people, all its acts were illegal. The logging industry furthered the river shipping industry. give, are as follows: There were 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. After the war, with the new railroads came a practical method to transport large quantities of coal to expanding U.S. and export markets. Appointed Lt. 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. 20 Aug. 1734, see Grant Book No. 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. 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. The Second Wheeling Convention met as agreed on June 11, 1861, and adopted "A Declaration of the People of Virginia". Most of the opposition came from delegates from eastern counties, who did not like the compromises made for the west.[14]. At the small rainbow trout hatchery in 1955, a yellow-mottled fingerling was noticed by Petersburg manager Vincent Evans. 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