1762 - The oldest town in West Virginia, Shepherdstown, is founded. The population consisted almost entirely of farmers seeking land upon which they could build a home and produce a living. Updated: Feb 27, 2023 / 11:55 PM CST. Even in the 21st century, mining safety and ecological concerns are challenging to the state whose coal continues to power electrical generating plants in many other states. The 1744 Treaty of Lancaster had left ambiguous whether the Iroquois had sold only as far as the Alleghenies, or all their claim south of the Ohio, including the rest of modern West Virginia. The 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. Under royal authority, the colony began to expand to the North and West with additional settlements. It is rare Of the 49 delegates from the future state of West Virginia, 17 voted in favor, and 30 voted against, and two abstained. On April 27, 1738, dated to In early 1904, the Tidewater Railway, a new railroad, was quietly formed in Virginia by a Rogers attorney. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II,", Link, William A. The First Settlers. The final installment of this sum was paid off in 1939. Source: The West Virginia Historical 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. Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. 1734, Grant to Daniel Burnett, 490 Although West Virginia's first constitution provided for the assumption of a part of the Virginia debt, negotiations opened by Virginia in 1870 were fruitless, and in 1871 that state funded two-thirds of the debt and arbitrarily assigned the remainder to West Virginia. Hoge, Abraham 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. These were Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren. 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. Meter. Governor Alexander Spotswood is sometimes credited with taking his 1716 "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition" into what is now Pendleton County, although according to contemporary accounts, Spotswood's trail went no farther west than Harrisonburg, Virginia. On June 15, 1607 the fleet commander Captain Christopher Newport will return to England leaving 104 settlers. Indiana, In limited facilities of late 1956, "Goldy" had spawn with a few Rainbow trout. [33] Soldiers were also stationed at the polls to discourage secessionists and their supporters. West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. The Adena provided the greatest cultural influence in the state. "Charles Ambler's Sectionalism in Virginia: An Appreciation,". On August 22, 1872, an entirely new constitution was adopted. note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick and these survey were assigned by Hite to those who purchased of 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. At the small rainbow trout hatchery in 1955, a yellow-mottled fingerling was noticed by Petersburg manager Vincent Evans. Hampshire and Hardy were included in 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. The qualifying FIRST SETTLER ancestor needed for FSSV membership is a person who resided in an area that is located in present-day Shenandoah Valley before 31 December 1799. 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. Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our . Lt. that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be 270. (Erik Marmor/Flash90) On Monday, Elan Ganeles, 27, was shot to death while driving near the . deeds recorded to Stephen Hunsonbeller. The Proclamation of 1763 again confirmed all land beyond the Alleghenies as Indian Territory, but the Iroquois finally relinquished their claims south of the Ohio to Britain at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. In the Fort Ancient period, Indians lived in much larger poled rectangular shaped houses with walls hide covered. Elk Branch Presbyterian Church 1790 Hampshire County Militia Opequon Creek is tributary of the Potomac River. From the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the three ships sailed. Eight shires were designated, each with its own local officers. 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. In combination, all of the records collected here will help you put the lives of your early West Virginia ancestors in historical context. In 1863, General John D. Imboden, with 5,000 Confederate soldiers, overran a considerable portion of the state. [11] However, western reforms were rejected by leaders from east of the Alleghenies who "clung to political power in an effort to preserve their plantation lifestyles dependent on enslaving blacks. : Brderbund, c2000 Physical: 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in. A few months later in 1957, the Petersburg hatchery moved these yellow-mottles to the larger Spring Run hatchery. 1732, this part of the country settled up very rapidly, and the [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. October 3. McCormick, Samuel Walker, Chas. 3, No. list of names is given, perhaps most of the settlers of the 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]. The charter for the colony included a massive section of land that encompassed a large part of the eastern United States, including West Virginia. acres, on South side of the Cohongolulu, dated 3 October note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick 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. is a list of grantees of lands conveyed by Jost Hite and Win. 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. During the American Civil War, West Virginia suffered comparatively little. Contemporaneously to Fort Ancient Tradition southerly of the state, the sister culture called Monongahela is found on the northerly of the Mountain State stemming from the Drew Tradition. 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. This page was last modified 12:34, 25 May 2021. The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. They now proposed a division when it was impossible for one-fourth of even the counties included in the boundaries proposed to give even an expression upon the proposition." [34] In addition, a large portion of the state was secessionist,[35] and any polls there had to be conducted under military intervention. West Virginia's nickname is known as the "Mountain State" due to its landscape being largely covered by the Appalachian Mountains. October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Paulson, 834 On the following day, the convention chose Francis H. Pierpont as governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia", elected other officers, and adjourned. Frederick was established by law in Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. 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. This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after 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.". The company sought to have a fourteenth colony established with the name Vandalia. In the early 20th century, West Virginia coal was also under high demand at Great Lakes ports on Lake Erie. The June 1861 convention consisted of 104 members, 35 of which were members of the General Assembly in Richmond, some elected in the May 23 vote, and some hold-over State Senators. [51][52] Nine West Virginians were awarded the Medal of Honor during Vietnam.[53]. Governor of Virginia, the Wheeling constitution was discarded, and an entirely new one was written along ante-bellum principles. Descendancy for John Hurst: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Arthur Laidley, elected to the General Assembly from Cabell County, attended the June Convention but refused to take part. This database is comprised of fourteen books. Following the war, Virginia unsuccessfully brought a case to the Supreme Court challenging the secession of Berkeley County and Jefferson County to West Virginia. whether there was others there before that date, unsettled. Ambler, Charles H. "If it required a military force to hold an election, if Cabell County, which borders on the Ohio River, had to have a military force to hold an election there; if Boone had to have a military force to hold an election at two points; if a detachment went up and held an election there, and got into a corner of Raleigh and held an election there, with what difficulty are the counties represented?" Despite local support for Virginia, residents who actually filled out ballots voted overwhelmingly to place both counties in West Virginia. 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. Brock, Robt. A shift to exporting the state's other natural resources began. Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia (p. 22). Pudup, Mary Beth, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller, eds. To get the best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or install another browser. Then, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, more land started to be cleared to build early forts and then towns as more settlers arrived. Served in House of Burgesses in 1653-1658, father of Robert "King" Carter, acting Governor of Virginia 1726-1727. A long However, federal forces soon drove the Confederates out of most of West Virginia.[27]. 1748 - George Washington surveyed land in West Virginia. Walkers, Beesons. West Virginia is a state now, and the Industrial Revolution is taking place. [20] In secessionist counties where a poll was conducted it was by military intervention. 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. acres, October 3. Coal Expansion and Mine Wars (1883 to 1922), Cold War (1946 to 1990) - Decline of Coal, West Virginia and Regional History Center. 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". In the late 18th century, the steel trap increased efficiency, and beaver became scarce. Representation in the house of delegates was apportioned on the basis of the census of 1850, counting whites only. Hite, David Vance, Jas. A little over one month later, Kanawha was renamed West Virginia. was made to Hite and Hite had the surveys made, and the surveyor It will be noticed that there were deeds Railroad spurs were built throughout West Virginia, connecting mines to the riverboats, barges and coal-tipples. Morgan ap Morgan, a Welshman, built a cabin near present-day Bunker Hill in Berkeley County in 1727. The people of the expedition consisted of 'gentlemen' and farmers. President Lincoln was in a close campaign when he won reelection in 1864 with the majority of the popular vote and 212 electoral votes, versus 21 electoral votes cast for his Democratic opponent. Their living characteristics were more of a heritage from the Woodland Indians.[7]. 828 acres, October 3, 1734. Beginning in 1898, Page teamed with northern and European-based investors to take advantage of the undeveloped area. During the French and Indian War (17541763), the scattered settlements were almost destroyed. acres, on Stony Lick and dated August 21, 1734, Grant to Thomas Shepherd, 220 James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. Yet the soil was rich, and some beautiful hillside farms developed during the days when Western Virginia was being settled and later, after West Virginia had become a state. Dorarfe, Geo. Orange in 1734 [William and Mary Quarterly] ADAMS, Thomas (in Virginia shortly before 1664), Isle of Wight county; brother of William Adams, of Kenton, Devon. Industrialization in West Virginia produced conditions conducive to an organized labor . West Virginia enthusiastically supported World War II, with 67,000 men and about 1,000 women donning uniforms. [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". Served in House of Burgesses for New Kent County, son of. The same year German settlers from Pennsylvania founded New Mecklenburg, the present Shepherdstown, on the Potomac River, and others soon followed. [5] Little is known about the housing of Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods, but Woodland Indians lived in wigwams. The completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) westerly across the state from Richmond, Virginia to the new city of Huntington on the Ohio River in 1872 opened access to the New River Coalfield. 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. 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The Supreme Court decided in favor of West Virginia, and there has been no further question. 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. The following It authorized the creation of the State of Kanawha, consisting of most of the counties that now comprise West Virginia. 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. "[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. Salt mining had been underway since the 18th century, though that which could be easily obtained had largely played out by the time of the American Civil War, when the red salt of Kanawha County was a valued commodity of first Confederate, and later Union forces. The Constitutional Convention met in November 1861, and consisted of 61 members. acres, on Turkey Spring of Opeckon, dated October 3, Gradually, settlers drifted farther down the Ohio River into present southern Indiana and Illinois; population generally followed the Ohio and the Wabash Rivers. A master at competitive "warfare", Henry Rogers did not like to lose in his endeavors, and also had "deep pockets". Keelboats were built in the Kanawha region in Leon, Ravenswood Murraysville, and Little Kanawha River. 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. He made surveys in 1748 On May 13, 1862, the state legislature of the reorganized government approved the formation of the new state. Social conditions in western Virginia were entirely unlike those in the eastern portion of the state. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Morris, 378 Building the Virginian Railway cost $40 million by the time it was completed in 1909. 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. 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. In the late 1600s, European explorers arrived and started to create maps for the territory. The members of the May Convention were chosen by groups of Unionists, mostly in the far Northwestern counties. During recent years, production has been about 600,000 to 1,000,000 tons per year. Edwards (2008) explores the roles of women volunteers in West Virginia during World War II. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. where he was not known. 1863-1889 Plats and surveys FS Library film 462959. Genealogical records. Though the Iroquois made little effort to settle the region themselves, they made war throughout the area with their enemies, following the Great Indian Warpaths through the region and, some time between 17251750, contracted a large group of the Saponi-Tutelo warriors the Iroquois had living on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to fight alongside them in the region. Efforts to block Page and Rogers through many legal tactics and even several violent confrontations ultimately failed. acres, October 3, 1754, Grant to William Vestal, 285 part of the forty thousand acres purchased by Jost Hite from Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. Some FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. [41], West Virginia was forested. Following Confederate General Robert E. Lee's defeat at Cheat Mountain in the same year, supremacy in western Virginia was never again seriously challenged. county to be called Orange, being part of the forty thousand which surveys were made and a record kept thereof. others that then in 1732 that came, but their 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. [42] Small pockets of virgin forest remain at Gaudineer Scenic Area and Cathedral State Park.[43]. However, the act that created West Virginia was signed in 1862, two years before Lincoln's re-election. [39], In recent years, there has been serious talk about the possibility of certain counties in the Eastern Panhandle rejoining the Commonwealth of Virginia. The convention passed an act for the reorganization of the government on June 19, 1861. There has 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. Etching of the Fort at Morgantown, W. Va. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson County, W. Va. "[12] Virginia leaders maintained a property qualification for suffrage effectively disenfranchising poorer farmers in the west, whose families did much of the farm work themselves. This fort would become Middle Plantation and later Williamsburg, Virginia. In the 1850s, geologists such as British expert Dr. David T. Ansted (18141880), surveyed potential coal fields and invested in land and early mining projects. Neither the land grant or the Swiss colony ever materialized. Early West Virginia settlers, 1600s-1900s Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Compact Disc Language: English Publication: [S.l.] 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. With Page as its first president, and largely financed from Rogers' personal fortune, and the two railroads were merged in 1907 to form the Virginian Railway (VGN). acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Abraham Pennington, Hunt, Christian Blank. 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. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after king James I. acres purchased by the said Jost Hire from Isaac and John Van Activities, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers using the collections of the West Virginia & Regional History Center, https://libguides.wvu.edu/wvrhcteacherresources. 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. 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. Christian George Washington to Frederick County to survey lands for him, The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 173 miles (278 km) long, in southeastern West Virginia, USA. 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. The Iroquois were on the point of threatening all-out war against the Virginia Colony over the "Cohongoruton lands", which would have been destructive and devastating, when Governor Gooch bought out their claim for 400 pounds at the Treaty of Lancaster (1744). In Many ancient earthen mounds constructed by various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the areas of Moundsville, South Charleston, and Romney. In addition to differences over the abolition of slavery, he and allies felt the Virginia government ignored and refused to spend funds on needed internal improvements in the west, such as turnpikes and railroads.[15]. Frustrated by bad economic conditions and what they perceive to be neglect from the Charleston government, this movement has gained at least some momentum. He was born in Wales and emigrated to Delaware about 1712. The composition of the General Assembly was changed. A compromise was reached known as the Willey Amendment which was approved by Unionist voters in the state on March 26, 1863. The state's integration experiences were generally peaceful, swift and cooperative. Writtenhouse, Jacob Christman, John Hite, William Reed, grant, it is said, that it is designed to be included in a Appointed Lt. Served as Deputy-Governor of the Virginia Colony from 1616-1617, 1625 & 1627. 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. Most of them came from Pennsylvania in the north in search of new lands. Counties in the east and south were settled mostly by eastern Virginians. 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