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209
Clover Fork
198, 204,
402
Coal
402,
407
Coal and Coke R. R
401, 405
Collins, John
138
Collins, John 138
Collins Settlement, begun,
136; P. O., 204; in
war, 294; district form-
ed, 325 ; gas, 395. See Battelle township.
Confederates, in county, 294 ; recruiting, 302; raiders, 308,
313
Conrad, James 321
Constitution of 1870 325
Constitutional Union party 286
Cook, D. B. 377
Cookman, C. L. 410
Copely well
388
Corley, James 321
Corn right
42
County Court, powers
88
Courthouse
173, 259
Court House district settled, 230 ; formed, 326 : population, 398. See Sheridan town- ship.
Cox, Joseph
81
Cozad, Jacob
81, 127
Page
Crane
Camp
38
Crawford,
378,
395.
See
Bunten's mill.
Crawford, Robert 140
Crawford, Robert, (son) 317
Crescent Glass Factory 399
Crook, George W.
350
Curl, Jeremiah
64
Curtis, Henry
131
Danser, George C. 259
Danser Mfg. Co.
400
Davis, P. O.
347
Davisson, E. G.
386, 395
Davisson, George I.
167
Davisson, George
I
346
Dawson, Preston
193
Deer
19
Delaware Indians
26
Democratic party
284, 321,
326
Dentists
341
Doddridge, Joseph
101
Doddridge Co., formed
242
Dorman, Timothy
67
Douglas, Stephen A.
287
Duffy, 404. See Little Wild
Cat.
Dunmore's War 44-48
Duvall, George T. 140
Duvall, John P.
71, 93, 121, 137, 142
Edmiston, Andrew
376
Education
268-280
Edwards, Thomas A.
341
Egan, Michael, quoted, 267;
upholds flag, 288; raises
company
295
Electric lights
370
Emmart
402
Episcopal church 255
Ervine, Robert
293
Eureka Pipe Line Co. 393
Exchange Bank, branch at
Weston,
257;
loyalty
questioned,
285 ;
funds
confiscated,
300, 313
Fair 338
Feeney, Thomas
377
Fetty, Esais
317
Fink
Creek,
settled,
148 ;
pasturage, 201; villages, 379 ; oil 383, 393
Fire Department 342
Fisher, Charles 144
Fisher, Elias 329
Fisher, George
202
Flesher, Elijah
193
Flesher, Henry,
settles
at
Weston, 49; Indian at-
tack, 73; shoots Indian
82 ; still
154
Flesher, Henry, (son) 178
Flesher, James 304
Flesher's Station
80
Flesher well
394
Flesherville
178
423
INDEX
Page
Flick amendment
324
Fort Stanwix, treaty
45
Fox, Robert 279
Francis, William
306
Freeman, Mrs.
59
Freeman's Creek,
attack by
Indians,
76; settlements,
143; expansion, 201;
schools, 279; in Civil
war, 293; district form- ed 325
French Creek
156, 283
Furniture of pioneers 114
Gambling 400
Garrett, Anthony
161
Gas, in Weston, 373 ; wells, .. 394
Gee Lick, 36; settled, 144;
land patented, 198 ;
church
264
formed
318
German immigrants.
.233, 236-8
Gibson, Smith
143
Gilmer Co. formed 241
Glady creek
404
Glass manufacture
397
Gooden, A. T. well 387
Goosepen run, settled 206
Granges
339
Guffey and Galey
389,
394
Hacker, John,
33; buffalo
hunt, 38; characteriza- tion, 39 ; establishes mill 102
Hacker's creek, Indian re- mains, 23; settlements,
34; abandonment, 61;
return, 63; Indian at-
tacks, 54, 75 ; expansion,
150; in 1840, 200; in Civil war, 293; district formed, 325
Hale, A. C.
299
Hale, P. M., 261; a Wheeling
convention, 291; secures
troops, 299; establishes
hat
factory,
341;
con-
tractor
350
Haleville
359,
409
Hall, David 135
Hall, James A. 329
Hall, John S., quoted
270
Hall, Jonathan 135
Hall, Richard
143
Hall, Richard B.
317.
321
Hardman, Henry O.,
131, 206
Hardman, Rev. John 133
Harmony church 158
Harpole, Daniel
157, 184, 202
Harrison, M. W.
358
Harrison County formed 85
Hartford 228
Haymond, Ben
305
Haymond, Calder
154
Hays, Perry
305
Hays, Samuel L., 244
Heavners come to county. 203
Helmick, Daniel
189
Henry, William Y.
178
Page
Herb Medicine Co. 368
Herefords introduced 339
Hills, Dr. R. 329
Hinzman, Thomas C. 151
Hitt, Robert
143
Hoffman, Weeden 181
Hogs
104,
343
Holden, Benjamin 161
Holt, Jonathan
202
Holt, Matthew 277
Home guards 307
Homewood
400
Hoover, Adam 145
Hope Natural Gas Co. 394
Horner, Charles A. 346
Horner, Seymour 362
142
Hotels
185
Hudson, J. W.
291
Hughes, Elias, 37; at Point Pleasant, 49; moves to Ohio, 128
Hughes, Jesse, comes to Hacker's creek, 35; at
Bulltown, 46 ; character-
ization, 57; wounds In-
dian, 60; night run to
Buckhannon,
63; killls
two Indians, 81; moves
to Indiana
128
Hughes, Martha
74
Hurst
379
Hurst, John
148
Imboden, John D.
310
Indians,
22 ;
trails,
26 :
wars
44 ff
Indian camp, massacre
47
Indian Camp run
140, 402
40
Indian
Carrying Place.
27.
Ingo
404
Interurban trolley
405
Ireland, settled, 204; growth, 378; railroad, 404
Irish immigration,
233-238 ;
in Civil
war,
294;
in
politics,
324
Iroquois ...
25
Jackson, Blackwell,
200; in
Virginia Senate
293
Jackson, Cummings
147
Jackson, Edward, 33, 146;
candidate for legislature,
163 ;
surveys
site
of
Weston
176
Jackson, George, 33, 62; in Clark's army, 66; night run to Clarksburg, 68; in Virginia convention, 95; Collins settlement 137
Jackson, George A.
340
Jackson, Goodloe
408
Jackson, Henry
95
Jackson, James
300
Jackson,
John
33
Jackson, John G.
171,
217
Jackson, S. P.
200
Jackson, Thomas J.
213, 295
Horse run
Georgetown,
263;
township
424
INDEX
Page 407
Jackson's Mill
Jacksonville, 138; 262, 279,
306; after war, 346;
decline, 402. See also Collins Settlement.
Jacksonville Coal and Coke Co. 402
Jane Lew, surveyed, 200 improvements, 262 ; Fed-
erals in, 300 ; murder at
307 : skirmish, 312;
township formed, 317;
after war, 345; railroad,
357;
gas development,
400; interurban,
406;
academy,
279 ;
high
school, 412 ;. See West's Fort and McWhorter's
Mills.
Jenkins, A. G. 308
Jewell
402
Jewell, Albert 201
Johnson, Joseph
163, 175, 76, 182, 284
Johnson, Richard
134
Jones, General 310
Jones, Dr. Harriet B.
325
Keith, James 138
Kemper, Reuben
263
Kester, Alexander 184
Kierans, John 278
Kincheloe creek,
147; oil,,
387, 391, 393
Kitson, W. J. 331
Kitsonville
409
Koblegards 367
Ku Klux Klan
323
Kunst, A. H.
331, 358, 362
Landholding, conditions
42, 198,
231
Leading creek, settlement 149
Leatherbark run 139
Leib, Capt., quoted 305
Lewis, Col. Charles 414
Lewis County Oil and Gas Co. 382 Lewis County seminary ... 254, 278
Life, John 151
Life, Noah 317
201
Life's Run
Lightburn
373
Lightburn, Benjamin 201
Lightburn J. A. J., at Wheel- ing, 291; military
reer
Lincoln, election of 287
Lincoln, township 318
412
Linger, Nicholas 133
Linger, Philip 205
Literary fund
270-272
Little Kanawha 37, 404
Little Skin creek, explored. ... 38
347
Little Wild Cat
Live Stock
102. 156
Lorentz, Jacob 153,
Lorentz, John 184
Lowther, Robert
35
Page
Lowther, William, 36; ap-
pointed justice, 52; or-
ganizes
company,
63;
in Clark's army, 67 ; sheriff, 71; county lieu- tenant 80
Lumbering
339, 346, 359, 366, 377, 403
McCandlish, R. J .... 257, 300, 327
McCann's run 143
McClellan, General 298
Mcclellan, J. H. 357
McCann, William 368
McGary addition 400,409
McGary, W. B. 377
Macphelah cemetery 375
Mack, John
76
Mckinley, William 303
Mclaughlin, Addison 194
McWhorter, Henry .... 73, 102, 152 McWhorter, John, raises com- pany, 157; candidate for legislature 163
Mc Whorter, L. V.
412
McWhorter, Mansfield 317
McWhorter's Mills, post-
office
200
Marsh, George I.
140,
317
Mathews, Stanley 302
Maxwell, Lewis, 176 ; sur-
veys Jane Lew 200
Medical association
348
Methodists, first church, 124;
in Collins settlement,
141; in Weston, 188 ;
Lewis circuit
.208, 263
Methodist Protestant church,
formed, 208 ; in Weston .. 345
Mick, W. E.
403
Middle run settled
202
Militia, at West's Fort, 60; new regiment, 200; value of, 213 ; last muster 287
Minter, Joseph 193
Mitchell, Abner 140, 203
Mitchell, Rev. John
Mitchell, Phoebe
65, 132,
134
279
Monongalia county created. 52
Monongalia Navigation Co .. 217
Monongahela Valley Traction Co. 406
Morrow, John 369
Mounds
22
Mt. Zion church 263
Mowing Machine introduced .. 338
Murphy's creek,
land
pat
ented,
198 ;
in
Civil
war
Murrin, Thomas D.
295
Musser, Tobias
349
Newlon, William 158
Newspaper in Weston 254
Nicholas County 239
282 Nicholes, John 145
Nicholes, William J
295
Norris, Richard
144
293
Linger, M. L. B.
ca-
296
425
INDEX
Page
North Weston
409
Northern and
Southern
W.
Va. R .R 353
Nutter's fort
49
O'Brien, Adam
40
Ohio Seventh
301
Oil
380 ff
Oil creek, settled.
.204, 347, 380
Oldfield fork
390
Oliver, Geo. P.
191
Ordinance of Secession
290
Orlando, settled,
204;
rail-
road,
378, 402
Owen, Benjamin
254
Peabody fund
351
Peddlers
207
Peoples Tel. Co.
374
Peterson, David S.
247
Peterson, Hanson M.
289
Peterson, Jasper
295,
377
Peterson, John P.
319, 329
Philadelphia Co.
394
Philippi, skirmish
298
Piano introduced
196
Pierpont, Francis H.
291,
299
Pierson, William G.
306
Pittsburgh, trade with
108
Plows
211, 264, 338
Point Pleasant, Battle.
48
Polk creek,
145,
400; oil
385,
393
Poor farm
348
Porterfield, Col. 298
Postoffices in 1851 214
Postal service
348
Potatoes, improved
205
Powers, William, 73 ; opinion of land 98
Presbyterians
209,
344
Preston, town
177
Pringle brothers
₹1
Prohibition
344,
408
Raiders, Confederate
308, 313
Railroad agitation, 247, 257;
construction
352-267
Randolph academy
124
Rastle well
382
Reconstruction
316-326
Reger, John
107
Reger, Philip
167
Republican party, 1856, 283 ; reconstruction period 319
Revolution. effects on county 51
Rich mountain, battle
298
Riffle, John 205
Ritchie county formed
241
Roads .. 109, 215, 248-254, 336, 411
Roanoke, settled, 203 ; named,
346 ; railroad, 377. See Bush's Mills.
Roberts, Gen. B. S 310, 313
Rock Camp run
206
Romine well
394
Rosecrans, General
304
Ross, George
302
Ross, J. W. 386
Rotary club
409
Ruhl Koblegard and Co.
369
Runyon, John
81-86
Rush run, (Freeman's creek),
144. (C. H.) in
Civil
war, 293; settled
202
Rushville
345
Salt Lick creek
239
Salt Manufacture
154
Sand Fork of Kanawha, first
settlement,
206;
Irish
immigration,
230-238;
in Civil war,
294; oil
388, 393
Sand Fork of West Fork 140, 204 Schoolcraft, Jacob 143
Schoolcraft, John 49
Schcols, 123, 196, 268-280,
349,
376,
411;
dis-
tricts, 274 ; houses, 270 ;
in Weston,
187;
com-
misioners
173
Secession ordinance
292
Sewing machine introduced ....
265
Shadybrook
407, 409
53
Sheep.
....... 104, 212, 265, 337, 376
Sheridan
township,
formed,
318 ; schools
350
Sheriffs, early, 212;
elect-
ive, 266 ; office vacant ....
315
Shorthorn Durham cattle, in-
troduced
212
Silo building
410
Simmons, David
202
Simpson, Allen
193
Simpson, John
31
Skin Creek, 132; land sur-
veyed, 193 ; development,
205; in Civil war, 294;
district
formed,
325.
See
Weston,
Georgetown,
and Lincoln townships.
Skinner, Alexander
204
Slaver
206,
282
Sleeth, John, appointed jus-
tice, 86 ; lists tithables,
89
Smallpox
391
Smith, Judge Daniel
171
Smith, Rev. Henry 125
Smith, John
143,
358
Smith, John W. 411
Smith, Mark
131
Smith, Weeden
331
Smith's run
131
Smythe, Rev. T. H. 278
Sorghum introduced
265
South Penn Oil Co. 283, 286, 389
Spalding, Joseph C.
327
Spaur, Anthony
133
Stage line
227,
250
Standard Oil Co.
381
Starving year
36
Staunton
and
Parkersburg
turnpike .. 220-227, 233,
240
turnpike
220,227, 233, 240, 285
Stills
146, 184
Page
Shawnees
26,
426
INDEX
Page
Stone Coal creek, explored,
34 ; settled, 131; growth,
206; first tavern, 222; in Civil war, 293; coal ..
407
Straight run
287
Straley, Joseph
151
Streets in Weston, 1844, 192; Paved
370
Stringer, Daniel
167,
183
Stringer, John G.
176
Summers, Judge Lewis
172
Sun Lumber Co.
400
Sunday schools
413
188
Tannery
201
Tavenner, Cabell
Taxation, under
Va.,
281 ;
reconstruction
319
Taylor, J. W., well
386
Taylor, John 131
Tecumseh, birth, 26;
leads
war party
77
Telegraph line
built,
302;
discontinued
356
Telephone introduced
373
Tharp, Hezekiah 144
Thespian society 187
Threelick run,
396
Threshing machines introduced 264 Timber resources 17
Tobacco
cultivation
begun,
265 ; market
338
Tobetown
263
Tomahawk improvement 43
Tournament
343
Townships
316
Trans-Alleghany Lunatic Asy-
lum, 251-261. See Wes- ton State Hospital.
Trapping 106
Tunstill, E. M. 329
Turkeypen run
147
Turner well
390
Turnpikes
318
Turvey, Dan T.
138
Tyler, E. B.
300,
304
Union sentiment
291,
293
United Brethren church
202
Upshur County formed
244
Vadis 379
Vandalia
135, 205,
346
Wagons
introduced,
152
shops in Weston 187
Waggoner, J. C. well
388
Waggoner,
John,
family
301 murdered 78
Waldo, Isaac 203
Walkersville,
named,
262;
Confederate
'recruiting,
302 ; bridge,
336; after
war
347
Walkersville
and
Ireland
R. R.
403
Warder, W. W.
187
Washington and Ohio R. R.
353
Waterworks
371
Watson, William
319,
346
Page Webster County 295 West, Alexander, description,
56 ; wounds Indian
64
West, Edmund, 37, 56 ; mill,
102 ; killed by Indians, .....
75
West Augusta, district
51
West Fork river, improve- ments 216-220
West Fork Manufacturing and Booming Co. 339
West's fort, built,. 55; at-
tacked,
59;
destroyed,
64; community center.
102
Westfield, established, 158 ;
meeting of court,
167;
decline
201
Weston, first settlement, 49; abandoned, 66 ; site chos- en for court house, 169; established as town, 178 ; population, 185; business prosperity, 246; schools, 276; favorable political position, 285; in Civil war, 291-294; captured by Federals, 299; im- portance, 301; captured by Confederates, 308,
310, 313 ; after war, 340 ; free schools, 350; sub- scription to railroad, 355 ; railroad shops, 367, 405 ; oil boom, 398: trolley line, 406 : government ... 408
Weston Academy
277
Weston
and
Centerville
R.
R.
361
Weston and Charleston turn-
pike
227
Weston and Elk River R. R ..
363
Weston and Fairmont turn- pike 249
Weston
and
Gauley
Bridge
turnpike
251-253
Weston and Lewisport turn- pike 250
Weston and West Fork R. R. 354
Weston and West Union turn-
pike
250
Weston College
259, 278
Weston College of Commerce 375
Weston Democrat, quoted.
324, 354,
342
Weston Glass Co.
397
Weston
Herald,
254
on
slavery, 283; favors se-
cession, 289 ;
abandoned
by owner
Weston Independent,
quoted
-383,
386
Weston Lumber Co.
400
Weston
State Hospital, site
selected
285, 327, 395
Weston township
317
West
Virginia
and
Pitts-
burgh R. R.
364
Wheat
210, 338,
360
Whelan, Bishop, F. V.
235, 255.
Talbott, John,
INDEX
427
Whigs 285
Page
White, Buckhanan 351, 375
White, John 144
White, Solomon
202
White, William
144
Wilkenson, J. C. 299,
307
Willey township
317
Wilson, Mrs. Mary A ..
277
Wilson, Samuel
140
Wilson, W. K.
385
Winchester, trade with 106
Witcher, Col. W. A ..
313
Withers, Alexander Scott,
writes Border Warfare,
Yoke, Frank R.
351
210 ; teaches in Weston,
277; slave owner, 282;
in Wheeling convention, 291 ; quoted 415
Woffinden, J. W. 338, 341
Wolf farming 212
Woodford, A. W 338,
377
Woofter, George 144
Woofter, Isaac 148
Woofter, Jesse 271, 317
Wocfter, Jonathan 144
Woolen mill
340,
369
Y. M. C. A.
342
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