USA > West Virginia > Monroe County > A history of Monroe county, West Virginia > Part 41
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42
Knox: Robert (1S)
Lafferty (Laferty) : William (1S)
Laing: Martha
Lake: Nicholas
Langton: Robert
Lawrence: Wm
Leach: Edw-Esom-Absalom-Joshua Senr-Matthew-Wm-Wm Jnr (1S)
Lee: Permit-Saml
Legg: John
Leggett: Thos (2) (2S)
Lemon (Lemmon) : John
Lewis: John-Colo Samuel-Saml Senr (2)-Saml Junr-Zebulon
Lively: Benjamin-Cotrol-Joseph
Long: Philip
Lowdeback: John
Lowe: Levi-Nehemiah-Saml-Thos-Zadock (2)-Zachariah
Lynch (Linch) : John
Maddox (Mattox) : John-Michael-Wm
Maddy (Mady) : Henry-James-John (2S)-Matthew-Wm (5S) Maggert: David (2)-Henry
Mahew: Matthew
Mann: Adam (1S)-Jacob (3) (1S)-James
Mannox: John
Mahan: John
Massy: Henry-Henry Junr-Jacob-James-Jephtha
Matheny: Robert
McCulloch (McCuller) : James
McDaniel : Henry Senr (2) (3S)-Henry Junr-(2S)-James-Thos
McDougall: John McDowell (McDowel) : Archibald (3) (1S)-John
McGhee: John-Lively
McGlamery: Mathias
McIntire (McIntere) : Hugh
Mckenzie (Mckinsey) : Agnes
Mclaughlin (McLaughland) : Henry
McMahan: Wm
McMullen: Saml McNeer: James
485
APPENDICES
McNutt (McNut) : John
Meadows: Abner-Edmond-Elijah-Israel-Jeremiah-Mathias-Will- iam Senr (2)-William Junr
Meek: Charles
Meredith: Bradley-Fredrick-John-Saml
Milburn: Nathan
Miller: George-Jacob Senr (2)-Jacob Junr-Thos-John (gap)- David-John Senr-John Junr-John (WC)-Henry-Michael-Boyd-Jo- seph-Brice-John (RC)-James Senr (2) (1S)
Mitchell (Mitchel) : Joshua
Montgomery: Abraham
Morgan (Morgen) : Benjamin
Morning: Barnet (2)-Henson Morris: Absolem-Joseph
Murdock: James
Murphy (Murphe) : James
Nealy: James Neal: Walter
Neel: Obadiah-Owen (2)-Wm
Nelson: David (2)-John-Thomas
Nickell (Nickle) : Andrew-George-Isaac (1S)-Jane-John-Robert -Robert (2S)-Thos
Nossman (Nosman) : John
Nutter: David
O'Neal: Richard
Oyler: Henry
Pack: Saml (2)-George-John
Parker: George
Parsons: Davis-George-Thos-Thos-Senr (2)
Patterson (Paterson) : Matthew (2) (5S)
Patton (Pattons) : Tristram R. (2)
Paul: Daniel-George-Hugh-Isaac-John
Pearson: Joseph Pennington : Wheler-Wm
Perry: Daniel-John Senr-John Junr
Peters: Christian (3) (1S)
Phillips: David-Zachariah
Plimoth : John Porterfield: Joel Powers: Patrick Prentice (Prentis) : Moses Pritchett: John-Wm Pritt : John
Pyne (Pine) : James
,
.
486
A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
Rains: John-Richard
Ralston: John-John-Matthew
Ramsay: Bartholo'm-John-Richard
Rath: Wm
Ray: John
Reaburn (Reburn) : John (2) (1S)
Reed (Ried) : Benjamin-John
Rice: Wm
Riech: Robert (2)
Riffe: Abraham (2)-Jacob
Riston : Reason
Ritchie (Ritche) : Robert
Roach: David-Jeremiah-Jonathan
Robertson: John-Mary
Rowland (Rolin) : James
Ruble (Rhuble) : John
Rucker: Claburn
Ruth: Wm
Ryan (Rians) : Edw
Sammerd ?: Wm
Samples : Robert
Sawyer (Syers) : Isaac-James-James, Jr.
Scarborough (Scarboro) : Isaac-Robert
Scothron: Lewis
Scott: James (3)-John
Shanklin: Richard-Wm
Shannon : Henry
Shanter: Reamon
Shaver: Chas-David
Shoemaker: Paul
Shumate: Daniel (3)-Tolerson
Simmons: Ephraim-Joel
Skaggs: Isaac-John-Joseph-Richard-Thos
Slater: Joseph
Smith : Ann (1S)-James-James (Sinks)-James (2?)-John-Wm
Smithson (Smitson) : Thos
Some (Symms?) : Saml
Soward: Isaac Senr-Isaac Junr-Solomon
Sparr (Spar) : John
Spiggert: George (2)
Steele (Steel) : Thomas
Stodghill: John Senr-John Junr-Joel
Stroud : James
Stuart: Alexander
487
APPENDICES
Swinney (Swiney) : James (2)
Swope: George-John-Joseph (2) (1S)-Michael (2)
Tackett: John-Nimrod
Taylor: John-Notliff
Tenner: Wm
Thackwell: Joshua
Thomas: Adam-Benjamin-Thomas
Thompson (Thomson) : David-John Senr-John Junr-John (Sinks) James-Robert-Saml Tims: Bartholomew
Tincher: Saml
Upton : Loyd
Vance: Adam
Vawter: Wm. (2) (1S)
Vincent: Joseph Senr-Joseph Junr
Walker: John Senr-John Junr-John-James-Thos
Wallace (Wallas) : Aaron
Waller: John
Watson: Thos
Webb: Stephen
West: George
Wharton: Reuben
White: Charles-William
Wickline (Wickland) : John
Willer (Miller?) : Henry (2) (1S)
Williams: Felix (3S)-Francis
Wilson: James (2)
Wiseman: Abner-Isaac Senr-Isaac Junr-John-Joseph Withers: William
Wood: Bailey (4)-Benjamin-John-William
Woodson: Archibald-Richard
Wright (Write) : George-Saml
Wyatt (Wiatt) : Thos
Yates: Ralph
Young (Yong) : Andrew-James-Robert (HC)-Robert (Sinks ) Will- iam (HC)-William (Sinks)-William (SC).
Tithables 812 Studs
7
Slaves 97 Personal tax $30
Horses
1398
I A PETITION OF 1852
The petition signed by the 413 persons whose names appear herewith was addressed to the legislature of Virginia. It asked that no license be
488
A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
granted contrary to the will of a majority of the citizens affected; that a vote on license be taken in any county or corporation when 25 voters so ask; and that no sales be made to minors, negroes, or notorious drunkards. About this time there were other petitions of similar tenor, but none with so many signatures.
The names appear as written.
Alderson: John, Jr.
Alexander: James R .- M. C.
Alford: Thomas L.
Allen: Marvel-Samuel-William, Jr.
Archer: William-C. S.
Arnot: William-Elisha T .- H. W.
Ashworth: John S.
Athy: Lorenzo -
Ball: Reuben
Ballard: Beverly-Patrick
Ballentine: James H.
Banks: N. H.
Beamer: George-Joseph-John-Andrew W .- Michael-R. M .- Thom. as-C .- Andrew B.
Bean: Joseph F .- Will M .- James F.
Bickett: William-Michael
Boggess: Abraham-William-Nimrod-James
Bostick: A.
Bowyer: Washington
Boyd: James-Andrew-Edward-Charles B .- Anderson-Wm M.
Brooks: William-H. H.
Brown: Thomas-E. M.
Broyles: Lovel-G. W.
Bruffey: G. W.
Burditt: John, Sr .- John C. Jr.
Burditt: Franklin-Calvin H.
Burns: Thomas N .- George
Butt: Shannon
Callaway: George W.
Campbell: John B .- William-C. C.
Carpenter : James
Carson: Joseph-Alexander
Chambers: W.
Childress: A. W .- N. W.
Chrisman: Floyd
Christy: R .- T. M .- Thomas M.
Clark: George-Thomas
Cochran: Wylie
489
APPENDICES
Coffman: A. J. Cole: Chapman J. Collins: James-Edward-Merit Connell: William Connor: Perry Cook: William G.
Counts: George Crawford: Jeremiah-C. F. Crews: Ledley D. Crotley: J. T. Crotspin. Wolf Crosier: Adam B .- Andrew D.
Curry: G. W .- Robert C .- Robert-Jesse A.
Dardall: William T.
Daugherty: Andrew T .- Philip
Davis: Madison
Dickson: Newton-Hendron-Richard-Joseph Dockerty: George N.
Dolan: John Donally: Nicholas
Dorman: John Drummond : John P.
Dunbar: John H .- John A .- William T .- John A., Jr .- Robert H.
Dunlap: Benjamin G.
Dunn: William-James Jr .- John F.
Dunsmore: William H .- James A .- Andrew L.
Eads: Esom B .- William
Edgar: James F. Ellis: Allen-J. J .- Joseph
Ervin: William James Fisher: John-Isaac Fleshman: F. Folden: George W.
Ford: Frederick-Allison Foster: Esley M .- James-Andrew-G. W.
Francis: Joseph E .- J. W. Garman: Adam
Gibson: Thomas M. Gilmer: H. Gray: John W. Groves: Jacob Hall: William Hank: Jehu Harris: Frederick
490 A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
Harvey: James M.
Hawkins: James S .- Anderson-A. M .- P. H .- James
Haynes: Alexander D .- William
Hill: William M .- Spencer R.
Hinchman: John
Hogshead: Newton H .- Hiram M .- B. F .- James M.
Holsapple: A. C.
Honaker: Ephraim
Houston : Samuel R.
Huffman: A .- William-Gay
Humphreys : Samuel
Hunter: John-Philip E.
Hutchinson : John-J. S .- John M .- James A .- Thomas G .- John W .- Lorenzo D .- Isaac N .- James A. Jr .- Richard A .- Charles W .- George W .- W .- William C.
Irons: John-Andrew
Jackson: Alexander
Jamison : Enoch G .- Evans-James
Jarvis: Washington
Jennings: William
Johnson: James W .- Jacob-William-Barnabas-Morris-William T. -James-Thomas-William B.
Johnston: Charles M.
Jones: Isaac M .- Jesse
Keenan: N. B.
Kelly: Henry J.
Kissinger: W.
Kindall: G. W.
Lanius: John W.
Leach: Andrew-William-James-Robert-Alexander-Edward- Joshua
Legg: Jesse
Lemon: William
Lively: William M.
Long: John M.
Looney: John
Lowe: Alexander Luck: R.
Lydick: William H .- William H .- C. J.
Lynch: George-James L .- J. C. McCorkle: Samuel Mclaughlin: J. G. McMahan: William-John-John A .- Edward A. McNeer: Anderson
1
491
APPENDICES
McNutt: John H.
Meadows: Nathan-Madison-Robert Henry-Fielding Middleton : James E.
Miller : James E .- Andrew P .- Peter, Sr .- Jackson-Thomas J .- Will- iam-John M .- Lewis-Robert-James Y .- Andrew-Jonathan, Jr.
Minor: Goodlow Mongold: W. H.
Morgan: B.
Motteshead: Samuel B .- John W.
Neel and Neal: Abner-Henry-Daniel-Walter-Jacob-William R. -Thomas-Henry O .- William F.
Nelson: John W .- I. L .- Allen E .- Oliver P .- William M .- G. K.
Nickell: James M .- Allen T .- Thomas F.
Parker: B. H .- Joseph
Patton: Tristram-Robert A .- William
Peck : J. H .- James P .- George H.
Perkins: John
Perry: George-Addison
Persinger: James
Peters: John A.
Phillips: James
Pinkerton: John
Prentice: Andrew
Price: A. H.
Pugh: James F.
Rable: R. Rains: C.
Ramsay: Joseph
Reaburn: H. L .- G. W .- John
Reamer: Michael-Thomas C.
Reed: Andrew E .- Benjamin, Sr .- Charles
Remley: J. H.
Reynolds: William-Francis
Rice : J.
Riffe: David M.
Rittenhouse: J .- Robert
Roach : Thomas
Robinson: Allen
Ross: John P .- Robison
Rowles: Green
Ruble :
Rush: James Sampson: J. W. Saunders: Fleming-Jackson-I.
492
A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
Scott: Matthew-Harrison-Matthew
Sevort ?: W. H.
Shanklin: Charles A .- James A .- J. D .- A. D .- R. L .- James M.H.
Shepherd: John T.
Shires: J. T .- William-G. W.
Shirey: William
Shultz: Jacob P. Shumate: Kendley
Skaggs: John-Jesse
Smith: Samuel L .- James
Snapp: Joseph-J. W.
Spade: George L.
Spangler: Charles D.
Sparr:
Steele: Samuel-T. R .- Garrison W.
Swope: George W.
Talbott: William
Taylor: William-James-Ganet-Edward
Terry: William B.
Thomas: Richard
Tincher: Samuel-Isaac N.
Tracy: J. J. H.
Tucker: C. J.
Turner: Frederick
Upton : Sylvester
Vance: Daniel-Adam
Vass: Boswell-Rice C .- Madison-James-Isaac-William T. Vanstavern: N .- B.
Waite: A.
Walker: H. A .- R. W.
Wallace: Samuel T .- W. W.
Watson: John A.
Weaver: Ellet
Webb: James
Whitcomb: G .- William J.
Wickline: Joseph P.
Wikle: Robert H .- George-George C.
Wiley: Joseph G.
Wills: Joel B.
Windle: F. Witt: Jesse
Woodram: John-Armstrong-Richard-John, Jr.
Woodson: Edwin
Woolwine: William-Philip-James A .- James
493
APPENDICES
Wylie: Cochran Young: William G .- James-I. G .- James G .- George G.
J SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR
Oren Frederic Morton, author of this book, is a native of Maine, but in early boyhood he accompanied his parents to Iowa. Thence in the fall of 1868 the family journeyed to Nebraska in a covered wagon and lived on a homestead. In 1879 he was graduated from the University of Nebraska with the degree of Bachelor of Letters. For the next few years and occasionally afterward he taught in public and private schools. For a while he pursued a woodworking business in Virginia, but a severe hurt compelled him to quit. Since 1894 he has lived among the Alleghanies, and since 1899 he has been engaged in literary and journalistic work. A list of his books may be found on the title page. His grandmothers were of Virginia ancestry. His mother was a first cousin to Paris Gibson, a United States senator from Montana. Her father was ordained to the Methodist ministry by Biship Asbury. He himself is a third cousin to Levi P. Morton. William E. Russell, three times a Democratic governor of Massachusetts, was another third cousin. His three brothers and his brother-in-law, all much older than himself, saw very active service in the Army of the Potomac, and one brother was wounded in the cannonade which preceded Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. Since beginning this his- tory of Monroe, Mr. Morton has been married to Miss Helen L. Moody, of Indiana.
K CORRECTIONS
James H. Adair, and not John, was a Delegate to the Legislature. John M. Rowan was State Treasurer and not Secretary of State.
Frank Hereford was a Representative in Congress before he became U. S. Senator. After filling the vacancy occasioned by the death of Sen- ator Caperton, he was elected to succeed himself.
The Monroe Home Coming was held in the Caperton grove, one and one-half miles east of Union.
The first Confederate Reunion, in some respects a more memorable gathering than any that followed, was held in the summer of 1894, and was addressed by General Echols.
1
494
A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
L
THE SWOPE FAMILY
(Prepared by a Friend of the Family and Inserted in this Book by Special Arrangement.)
The first history we have of the Swaben family dates back to Julius Cæsar sixty years B. C. When Cæsar overran the Gauls he came in contact with the Swabens under their chief Ehrfurst. This chief had been called in to settle a dispute between two tribes of the Gauls and settled it by conquering both. Later he was defeated by Cæsar with his Roman legions. At the time Cæsar was so struck with their bravery that he coaxed many of their young men to join his army. Here he made a mistake as he drilled these hardy warriors in the Roman arms and methods of warfare.
In the year nine B. C., Drusus, the step son of Augustus, was sent over to conquer these people, when one woman of the tribe of immense stature appeared before him and said, "You greedy robber, whither woulds't thou go? The end of thy misdeeds and life is at hand." The Romans turned back and in thirty days Drusus was assassinated. Later, Augustus sent over three legions under Varus to hold them in subjection. These soldiers had recently returned from Egypt where, as Macaulay puts it, "Honor in man and virtue in woman had for years been unknown." It was not long until these soldiers began to insult these German women. This the Ger- mans would not stand for. The chiefs after holding secret conferences, decoyed the Romans into a trap where every Roman soldier but one was killed and Varus committed suicide. When Augustus heard of it he was driven almost insane and would bump his head against the wall and cry out, "Varus, Varus. Give me back my legions, Varus."
But little more is known of the Swabians, except their petty quarrels until the crusades. They were with Conradin as is proven by the crest in their coat of arms, as no German who cannot trace his lineage back to the crusades is allowed to wear red on his coat of arms.
This fact of the coat of arms was established by Rev. Dr. Swope, of New York, who went to Germany and traced back the family to about 1050, A. D.
The Swopes, like their Swabian ancestors, seem to have the same mi- gratory disposition. They are scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Maine to Florida. They have no disposition to settle together in neighborhoods and communities like many other families, hence the great trouble in trying to keep track of them.
The following history of the family (except Michael Swope's family) was written by Judge Jas. H. Miller and published in his history of Sum- mers county with the correction of a few typographical errors, additional facts and changes since his history was written.
The Swope family is a German family (Schwab or Swab being the
495
APPENDICES
original German name for what is now known as Sope). The Swopes were the first settlers in Monroe county, Joseph Ulrich or John Ulrich Swope being the ancient and original settler and ancestor of the family in this region of the country. He was the second son of Yost (Joseph) and was born in the town of Leiman, in the Duchy of Baden, in 1707. His grandfather was the mayor or burgomaster of that town. His father, Yost Swope, was born in the same town, on the 22d day of February, 1678, and owing to the persecutions of the Lutheran Church, of which he was an active member, he emigrated across the seas and settled in Upper Lea- cock Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Here he raised a family of five children, all of whom located there except John Ulrich, or Joseph, as he will hereafter be called. We are not positive as to his first name, whether it is John or Joseph. The family records show that frequently these Dutch people gave two of their children the same name, and tradition is that he dropped the name of John, the name of his older brother, and assumed and adopted his father's name of Joseph. The original ancestor wrote his name Swab, and it was Americanized into Swope. This Joseph Ulrich left Pennsylvania and emigrated with the German colony into the Valley of Virginia, locating in Augusta, near the site of the present Swope Depot on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. It was here that his son Joseph was born, on the 7th day of August, 1751. He was of a venturesome disposition, and began explorations in the country to the west. In 1750, 1751 or 1752, with his trusty flintlock gun, he followed the Indian trail up Jackson's River to the mouth of Dunlap's Creek, thence up that creek, crossing the tablelands into the country where Union is built. There, instead of following the trail down the waters of Indian Creek, he took a due west course and landed on top of those knobs which bear his name to this day-Swope's Knobs- and from there he viewed the country. He descended from this mountain into the Wolf Creek Valley, and was detected by a party of marauding Indians, who followed him, but whom he discovered in time to make preparations for his escape. He headed for a large hollow poplar tree which stood about a third of a mile west of the present site of the Wolf Creek post-office, near the Broad Run church. He managed to crawl into the hollow of this tree and climbed up the hollow, bracing himself against the sides, and there remained until the Indians gave up the search. He could hear them talking and walking around the tree, but they evidently decided it was impossible for a man to be inside of it. This tree remained standing until 1860, when it became dangerous from de- cay and was cut down. After the departure of the Indians he came out of his hiding place, and there located a claim to the land round about, and cut his name in a beech tree near the spring on the farm now owned by Mrs. Cornelius Leach, entered his tomahawk or corn title and cut a brush heap at the same place. He then left, and returned in a year or
496
A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
two, and brought his wife and son Joseph, and built his house a few yards north at what is known as the Conner Spring. In this house he lived and his son, Michael, was born there on the 29th of September, 1753. This child was the first white male child born in the territory of Monroe County, if not within the present territorial limits of Southern West Virginia. There is a tradition that there had been a girl born before this date within that territory, but if so, all history thereof is lost. This house, built by this pioneer, still remains in splendid condition, and it was from this house that his son, Joseph, was stolen by the Shawnee Indians in 1756, at the age of five years, and kept a prisoner with them near Chillicothe, Ohio, for nine years. After formally settling his family in this new home, Joseph, the settler, decided to visit his people in Pennsyl- vania and look after his interest in his father's estate. On this trip his horse threw him, fractured his leg where it had once been fractured by an Indian bullet, and from this wound he died, and where his place of burial is no one knows.
He was a traveler and hunter, and it was Swope, Pack, and Pitman, who were hunting down New River near the mouth of Bluestone, and discovered the Indians, who were making for the Jackson River and the Catawba settlements for the purpose of attacking and destroying them. These hunters separated, one going to one settlement and one to another to warn them of the danger, and it was this band of Indians that Cap- tain Paul followed. An account of his fight with them at the mouth of Indian is given elsewhere in this book. The theft of Swope's boy by the Indians embittered him towards that people to such an extent that he never let any opportunity pass to harrass them or to secure a scalp. This son, Joseph, who was taken to the Indian village, was adopted by the queen of the tribe, who was said to have been Cornstalk's mother. He was treated with royalty and saved from death and many hardships. An Indian boy one day located a skunk near the camp, and induced his white comrade into making an investigation for game, the result being that he was thoroughly fumigated. Bent on revenge, and not large enough to whip the Indian, he waited his opportunity, and when the Indian boy started to kindle a fire with steel and flint, Swope placed some powder where the fire would ignite it, and when he got down to blow the smoke into a blaze, the powder ignited and blew out both eyes of the Indian. The Indian tribe took up the matter, and Swope was sentenced to death, and it was here the good offices of the old queen came in. She was a silent spectator to his sentence of death; then she quietly exercised her authority, took charge of her adopted boy, and told the Indians they had taught him nothing but revenge, and that this boy had a right to resent the treatment of the Indian; so saying, she led him to her wigwam, and the sentence was set aside and his life saved. The boy was returned to his parents by reason of the treaty following the battle of Point Pleasant.
497
APPENDICES
He was exchanged and returned to civilization, recognized by his mother, and became the ancestor of many people now living. This boy took to civilized life after his return, learned to write, and became a prosperous man. On April 3, 1774, he married Catharine Sullivan, a full-blooded Irish woman. She was a woman of strong character, and led an eventful life, many of the details of which would be interesting to her descendants. She was a fearless pioneer, capable of defensive as well as offensive warfare for the protection of her family against the wild beasts as well as the savage men. On one occasion six Indians came into her house without saying a word, and sat down at the table and ate all she had prepared. With a grunt of thanks they walked over to the woods in the direction of her people. In a few moments she heard the crack of a rifle, and directly the Indians returned, and one was carrying a large buck which they had killed, and delivered it to her. They laid it down by the door, and indicated by signs and grunts that it was to pay for the dinner. On one occasion she decided to go hunting at night. So getting the trusty old flintlock rifle and calling her dogs she went entirely by herself. She had not gone far when the dogs "treed" and as it was too dark to see she staid with her dogs until daylight when she found four panthers up the tree. She shot and killed three and the fourth got away. She was the doctor for miles around and many tales used to be told of her success in physics and surgery.
Porterfield Boyd, when a very old man, once related to the writer one of his experiences with her. As a boy he was started for her a distance of eight miles. The night was dark and the road dangerous. Finally he got there and called for her and told his business. She called for her horse, a dashing, dangerous looking stallion. A man's saddle was placed on him. Although nearly sixty years old she mounted astride and started in a gallop and up hollows and hills she kept that gait until she got to her patient.
This Joseph, Sr., and his wife, Catharine, raised a family of nine children. George, the oldest, was born August 15, 1776; Margaret, Oc- tober 20, 1777; Ruth, December, 1778; Joseph, June 20, 1781; Jonathan, January 5, 1783; Catharine, February 12, 1785; Eleanor, January 3, 1788; Adam, April 23, 1791; and Mary, March 17, 1793. He settled in the Wolf Creek Valley and secured a patent to 600 acres of land where his father entered his tomahawk right, and there raised his family in the house built by his father. Of this large family of early settlers and their descendents, but few remain in the country of their nativity. George moved to Kentucky; Eleanor married a Burdette and moved to Kentucky. Her son, Joseph Thornton Burdette, was the originator of the race track of Kentucky. Mary married Thomas Casebolt and settled on Locust Creek, Pocahontas County. She was the mother of Henry Casebolt, who went to California with the forty-niners and who was the inventor of the
.
498
A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
cable car. Joseph Swope, Sr., died March 3, 1819; Catharine, his wife, died March 12, 1820. Joseph, his son, married a Miss Hines, a great aunt of Dr. and the late W. H. Copeland. He went with the frontiersmen and finally settled at Elizaville, Boone County, Ind., where he died at the ripe old age of 93 years. The writer never knew but one of his children, Ebenezer Swope, who lived in the same village with his father, Ebenezer Swope raised three sons, Jonathan, Joseph and Jesse, and three daughters. The two older boys were soldiers in the Federal army during the entire civil war. Joe was noted for bravery. On one occasion his command was holding an advanced position on which the Confederates were making a vicious assault, when the word was passed along the line that the ammunition was about exhausted and the supply some distance back in the rear. To go after it looked like certain death, in the rain of shot and shell. The commanding officer asked for two volunteers to go. Joe rose up and said, "I for one, sir"; another by his side also stated he was ready to go with him. On their return a ball took off the head of his comrade, but Joe tugged on and delivered the ammunition and saved the day.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.