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Adam Swope married a lady in Kentucky and settled in Greenfield, Indiana. He raised four sons, Joseph, James, Harvey, and Henry Alex- ander, and several daughters. His son, Joseph, died during a scourge of typhoid while aiding his neighbors. He left one daughter. Henry was a lawyer of ability and one of the best liked men in his county. He left two sons, Elmer and Horace, who still live in Greenfield. Several of the descendants of Adam Swope live in Indianapolis, one of whom is Mrs. Lida Randall. Jonathan Swope, the third son of Joseph and Catharine, first married Frances Legg, on the 4th day of January, 1803. They settled on a part of the 600-acre patent. He was a prominent and useful citizen, inheriting the sturdy German traits of his father, with active determination and push of his mother. The children of Jonathan Swope by his first marriage were George W., Lewis C., Elizabeth, Ma- tilda, Catharine, and Mary Jane. Lewis C. Swope settled in Madison County, Indiana; Eliabeth married an Argabright and settled at Spen- cer, in Roane County, West Virginia; Matilda married a Johnston and settled in Iowa; Catharine married Griffith Ellis and died near Bluefield. Mary Jane was twice married, her first husband being Henry Miller and her second husband, Chesteen C. McGann. They moved to Green- field, Indiana, where she died a few years ago. Her second daughter married James Craig, of Nicholas County, and was a literary lady of pronounced ability, she having published a book of poems. She died a few years since. By her second husband Mrs. McGann has one living son, Merritt M. McGann, who lives at Catlettsburg, Kentucky. George W. Swope married and settled near his father at the site where his great-grandfather cut his name on the beech tree at the Swope Springs.
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He raised three children, one son and two daughters. His son, Caper- ton Swope, settled in Boone County, Indiana. His daughter, Lizzie, first married Robert Haynes, by whom she had one daughter. Haynes was a brave soldier in the Confederate army, and was captured and killed with a large number of prisoners in a railroad wreck while being transported to prison. She afterwards married James Alderson, by whom she had one daughter, Abbie. Her husband, James G. Alderson, now lives at Alderson. Elizabeth Alderson died in 1910 and her daughter, Abbie, in 1915. Her daughter, Mattie Haynes, married Charles K. Thomp- son and lived at Alderson until death. Amanda Swope married Cor- nelius Leach, settled on the homestead of her father, where she died in 1914, and to them were born two boys and three girls. Elmer, the oldest son, after graduating at the University of West Virginia, taught one session as associate principal with William H. Sawyers in the Hinton High School. He is now engaged as a draughtsman with one of the large steel bridge concerns near Pittsburgh. Arthur, the second son, mar- ried a daughter of J. J. H. Tracy, and is living on the farm since the death of his father. Ada married Dr. DeVober; Irene married a Mr. Black, and they both live in Monroe County; Lizzie is unmarried. Cor- nelius Leach was a prominent citizen of Monroe County, a Confederate soldier who fought through the war, and active Republican politician. He died in 1906. He was a prosperous and enterprising citizen; four years deputy sheriff under R. T. McNeer, and was six years a member of the county court. He was the first man to insist and agitate a revision of the tax system of this State, contending that all species of propery should be assessed at its true and actual value. George W. Swope bore the distinction of being the best scribe in his county, and one of the best edu- cated men of his day and time. For several years a justice of the peace, was a careful farmer, and it was said that he was able to walk out in the night-time and lay his hand on any tool used on his farm.
On January 3, 1850, Jonathan Swope married as his second wife, Susanna Roach, her maiden name having been Susanna Siders. To this union was born on December 28, 1854, one son, Joseph Jonathan Swope, whose father at the time of his birth was seventy-one years old and his mother in her forty-sixth year. This Joseph Jonathan Swope received such rudiments of an education as was afforded by the public schools of the neighborhood until he was seventeen years of age, when his father died on April 5, 1872, aged eighty-eight years and three months, leaving him in charge of the farm and the care of his aged mother. He gave up the attempt of securing an education, except what he could secure from study at home on the farm. On the 28th day of May, 1873, he married Lucy J., daughter of L. J. and Susan (Scott) Bur- dette. To this union four children were born: Ida S., wife of Jacob H. Hoover, of Hinton; Mary E., wife of John W. Cook, of Charles-
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ton; Elsie W., wife of Z. A. Dickinson, of Talcott, and Locksie I., wife of Ethelbert Baber, of Hinton. Mrs. Swope died in 1883, and on Sep- tember 23, 1883, he married Nettie Diddle, daughter of M. P. Diddle, of near Union, in Monroe County.
Nettie Diddle Swope, second wife of J. J. Swope, was the third daugh- ter of Michael P. and Ann Bolinger Diddle. She was born near Union, September 6, 1850. She is a granddaughter of William Bolinger, a sol- dier in the war of 1812. He danced a jig in the town of Union at the age of 102, while Peter Eades played the fiddle at the age of 98. Peter Eades was the grandfather of N. J. Keadle, of Williamson, W. Va.
M. P. Diddle was quartermaster for Stonewall Jackson until Jackson was killed at the battle of Chancelorsville. Mr. Diddle served one term as deputy sheriff under William Pence and was perhaps the most loved man by the people in the county.
Mrs. Swope began her career as a teacher in tn the public schools of the county in the year 1873 and taught every year but one until her marriage in 1883. After her marriage she taught a session or two in Hinton, and three years, from 1909 to 1912, in the High School in Pine- ville, covering a period of 39 years.
To them four children were born: Nina L., who married C. B. Stewart, and is now residing at Charleston; Nellie H. married Frank A. Bane and resides at Narrows, Va .; Joseph Buell Swope, after grad- uating at the Hinton High School, took a course at the Capital City Commercial College in Charleston and served for a short time as a deputy under W. R. Mathews, clerk of the Supreme Court, when he gave up the job and entered the law class at the Valparaiso University. After spending a year, he decided the law was not to his liking and came to Welch as assistant editor and manager with his father,, of the "McDowell Recorder." On May 27, 1914, he married Elsie Harvey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Harvey, of Sun Hill, in Wyoming County. Their son, Joseph B., Jr., was born May 3, 1915. Stella J., the youngest daughter, now resides with her parents in Welch. Susannah Swope, wife of Jonathan Swope, was born November 8, 1908, and died September 2, 1874.
The history of the Michael Swope branch of the family is very meager, as it is back so far and the records so brief, and all the older inhabitants dead. As shown before in this work, Michael Swope was born on Wolf Creek on September 29, 1753, and was the first white child born in the county, if not in the southern part of West Virginia. His older brother kept the territory entered by their father and Michael went across to the head of Han's Creek and entered himself 640 acres of land. Why he went there to locate at that early date is merely a surmise, but the most likely reason was that it was an excellent hunting ground.
Whom and when he married is now not known. His old family Bible
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is now in the possession of Bernard O. Swope, cashier of the First National Bank of Welch, and has this notation on a fly-leaf in front:
"Michael Swope, his book, Date 1816, March. This book is transferred to John Swope at the death of Michael Swope, to John Swope and from John Swope, 1876, to Wm. L. Swope, youngest son of John Swope, and desires to go down to his youngest son living at his death, should one sur- vive." Bernard being the youngest son inherited the Bible.
The record in this old book only shows the following: Michael Swope was born September 29, 1753. Mary Swope, who seems to be his oldest child, born September 21, 1775; Margaret, born 1777; Elizabeth, born 1778; Joseph, born 1781; James, born 1783; Hannah, born 1785; Arthur, born 1786; Sarah, born 1787; Jane, born 1788; Rachel, born 1790; Anna, born 1791; Susannah, born 1793; Nancy, born 1795; John, born 1797; Michael, born 1799; Leah, born 1802.
Unfortunately, of this large family there is but little history at com- mand of whom they married or where they settled. One of the daugh- ters married a Harvey and settled in Monroe, where they raised a family. Another daughter, Anne, married a man by the name of Wise- man. From the records in the Wiseman family, which the writer got through the courtesy of Mr. L. A. Wiseman, a grandson, it would seem they were married in the year 1814 or 1816, as their first child was born in 1817. They moved to Gallia County, Ohio, in the year 1830. They raised a large family. From Ohio they moved to Nodaway County, Mis- souri, in 1836, and died of smallpox about the year 1861. Their eldest son, Allen, married and settled in Lawrence County, Ohio, also their son, Lewis F., who married Mary Carter, and they raised a family of eight children. Although he only got to school eight months he was a great historian and could spell and define nearly any word in the English lan- guage. He spent three years as a soldier in the Federal army in the civil war and was noted for his bravery. His son, L. A., of Sherritts, Ohio, writes: "My father must have had much of the Swope traits, as I have heard him say if the devil came to his house hungry he would feed him."
Wilbur W., another son, also settled in Lawrence county. He was for 18 years county commissioner and also served one term in the Ohio legislature.
L. A., son of Lewis F. Wiseman, married Julia Stewart in the year 1882. They have four children. Their daughter, Dovie, married a Mr. Phillips and lives in Gallipolis, Ohio. Anna is a teacher in Ironton, Ohio, Orlyn, their son, is a M. D., located at Arabia, Ohio, and Flo, the youngest, is with her parents.
John, his son, located on his father's homestead, where he lived to the ripe old age of 79. He was a splendid citizen, beloved by his neighbors
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and all who knew him. He was one of the prominent farmers of his time in the county. A sketch of his family will follow:
John Swope, son of Michael Swope, married Nancy Riffe (date of marriage not given) and to this union twelve children were born- Rachel, born 1819; Rebecca P., 1821; Anna L., 1822; Virginia C., 1824; Michel D., 1825; David R., 1827; Adaline, 1829; John, 1831; Martha J., 1833, Anna Virginia B., 1835; Mary M., 1838, and Wm. L., 1842.
The record of this family is very meager. David R. moved to Iowa and died there. John went to Iowa and married a Miss Elvira Myers in that state. Mary M. married a Shumate and they moved to Kansas. Rachel married a man by the name of Sturgill. Adaline married Robert Cummons. She had three sons. She died August 22, 1870. True to the inherent traits of the family, they followed the frontier until stopped by the Pacific Ocean.
Wm. L. Swope, youngest son of John and Nancy Swope, married Re- becca W. Alderson, March 22, 1866. She was the youngest daughter of Col. George Alderson, of Fayette county, and was one of a family of twenty-eight children, he having been married twice and had a family of fourteen children by each wife. Col. Alderson was a man of great prominence in his day. While serving in the Virginia legislature and with the aid and co-operation of General Beckley, the county of Raleigh was cut off from Fayette. Beckley named the county Raleigh, after Lord Raleigh, and the county seat after himself or his father. Mrs. Swope was also the aunt of the late John D. Alderson, who represented the Third district in Congress for two or more terms. Mrs. Swope was a womar of most amiable disposition and great force of character. She died at thei home on Han's Creek, November 8, 1890.
The family of Wm. L. and Rebecca Swope are as follows:
Anne E., born May 23, 1867. She married C. L. Boone, of Monro: County, and they now reside at Davy, in McDowell County
John M., born February 2, 1870; married Myrtie O. Wilson, of Bote- tourt, Va .; they now reside at Lexington, Va.
Charles C., born August 9, 1871, and died in infancy.
Mary A., born April 1, 1873; married G. H. Arnott, of Monroe; they reside in Tacoma, Washington.
L. Walter Swope, born August 29, 1874; he married Miss Florence Miller, of Louisville, Ky. He is an eminent minister of the Missionary Baptist Church and is now located at Shelby, N. C.
George A., born February 9, 1876, and married Miss Sue D. Rector, of Lynchburg, Va., June 24, 1908. They have two children, Sue D., and George. A., Jr. They live in Welch, McDowell County, where they have a beautiful residence. He is a traveling salesman for the Graham Gro- cery Company.
Otho, born November 6, 1877; died in infancy.
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Marcella, born June 24, 1880; married W. S. Wray, of Martinsville, Va. They live in Northfork, McDowell county, and he is at present postmaster there.
Opie W., born April 19, 1881; married Miss Emma Kleikamp, of St. Louis, Mo. He is a medical doctor and is located at Wichita, Kansas.
Eugene D., born August 6, 1883; married Miss Carrie Jones, daughter of A. J. Jones, of Alderson. He is a dentist and is now located in Hunt- ington, W. Va.
Bernard O., born December 3, 1886. He married Miss Imo McClaren, daughter of Col. W. J. McClaren, of Welch. They have one baby son Wm. Bernard. Bernard O. is cashier of the First National Bank of Welch, a position he has held for years and is very popular with the people.
William L. Swope bought out the interests of his brothers and sis- ters, and being the youngest son, became the owner of the large estate settled by his grandfather. He was a remarkably active business man and one of the large farmers and grazers of the county, and always noted for his strict and stern integrity and square dealing. He was also noted as the man who talked louder and whose voice could be heard farther than any other man in the county. About the year 1894 he mar- ried as his second wife Mrs. Mattie Koontz, of Sommerville, Nicholas County, but to this union no children were born. He died February 9, 1897, in his 55th year. His sister, Martha J., the last of the large family of John Swope, died unmarried at the old home place, March 21, 1914.
She was a full-blooded German woman, her father and mother speak- ing only the German language until their death. She was well skilled in materia medica and knew the medical properties of all the weeds and herbs that grew in her vicinity and compounded them into medicines. During the civil war when nearly every able-bodied man was in the army, she ministered to the wants of the families for miles around. Fully fifty baby girls were named for her, many of whom are still living. At her home hundreds of hungry soldiers were fed. One time when General Crook's army was returning from a raid and almost famished, they were held up on the south side of the river at Alderson on account of a flood in the river. His soldiers were so nearly starved they ate the setting hens and eggs under them. Two of them taking their guns took around the mountain through the woods until they spied a farm house in the valley below. They ventured down and found her alone. The sight of the two bluejackets excited her for a moment, when they assured her that they were starving and only wanted something to eat that she could get quickly. One suggested, if she had it, he would like to have one more mess of ham and scrambled eggs such as he used to get at home. These were soon prepared and one stood guard while the other ate. When through they offered to pay in greenbacks but she declined. They then told her that if she or any of hers ever came over into yankeedom
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they would gladly repay and thanking her most heartily, they slipped back to the mountain and to camp.
Nellie, the daughter of Jacob and Ida S. Hoover, married Robert R. Keller, son of R. A. Keller, cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Pineville. To this union was born in the fall of 1915, R. R., Jr., who is the first great-grandchild of J. J. Swope. Robert R. and his wife re- side in Hinton, where he has charge as manager of the Hinton Water and Light Company.
Ollie J. Hoover, the son of Jacob H. and Ida Hoover, is also mar- ried and is a machinist in the employ of the C. & O. railway, and also resides in Hinton.
Mr. J. J. Swope is the most prominent of the present generation of the long line of the Swope ancestry now residing in this section of the country. After thirty years of life on the farm of his father in the Wolf Creek Valley, he abandoned it and went into the timber business. In 1887 he built a portable steam sawmill at Ronceverte, on which was placed one of his own inventions, a variable friction with only one wheel to use in either feeding and gigging the carriage. In 1888, he moved his family and located in Hinton, where he continued until 1889, when his mill and entire property was destroyed by fire, after which he recuperated and again embarked in the mill business with Robert H. Maxwell for a short time, but the business proving unsuccessful, it was abandoned. He then entered the law office of Judge James H. Miller, and while firing the engine for the Hinton Water Company, began the study of law, and after six months of close application was admitted to the bar in 1892. He is a gentleman of great mental activity. In 1894, through his advice and efforts and in his office, a company was organized which established the "Hinton Republican," now the "Hinton Leader." He was for three years local attorney for the C. O. Railway. In 1902 a fight grew up over the leadership of the Republican party in Summers County, and during that campaign he published and distributed the "Yellow Jacket" newspaper, which was intended only as a campaign publication. It was independent of the Republican organization and opposed the ring rule of the bosses. In 1903, he abandoned Summers County for more attractive opportunities, and located at Oceana, in Wyoming County. He and his son, J. B., constructed the first telephone line in that territory, which was from his office to the county clerk's office. On September 1, 1903, he took charge of the "Wyoming Herald," under lease, which he published until Feb- ruary, 1905, when he founded the "Wyoming Mountaineer," a Republican newspaper, of which he took entire charge as manager and editor, and which was a successful county paper, its circulation having arisen to 1,400 copies each week. In the contest over the removal of the county
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seat from Oceana to Pineville, which was voted on at the election of 1904, he espoused the side of Pineville with his paper, and that town won by a majority of fifty votes over the necessary three-fifths required by law for the removal of a county seat. This election was declared void for technical irregularities on the part of commissioners holding the elec- tion. A second election was called in 1905, Mr. Swope again espousing the cause of Pineville, and again that town won over Oceana, and the courthouse was removed to the latter place in the year 1907. He re- moved his newspaper office to Pineville, and his first issue from that town was March 6, 1906. He brought the first cylinder press and the first gasoline engine into that county. In 1911, Mr. Swope sold out the "Mountaineer" in Pineville and moved to Welch and with Governor H. D. Hatfield, Judge I. C. Herndon, Judge Jas. F. Strother, Senator Jas. A. Strother, Senator W. W. Whyte, Col. W. J. McClaren, R. B. Bernheim, then clerk of the county court, W. Burbridge Payne, clerk of the circuit court, Sam G. Walker, a prominent business man of the town, and Mrs. Swope, organized the Welch Publishing Company, which pub- lishes the "McDowell Recorder," and does a general printing business. In 1915, he was unanimously elected president of the West Virginia Publishers' Association, of which nearly every newspaper of the state is a member.
Mr. Swope still practices law, but his law is secondary to his interests and energies devoted to his newspaper. During his residence in Summers county, he was an active Republican politician, and had much to do with the policies and management of that party. It was through his efforts that a city charter for the city of Hinton was passed by the legislature in 1897, consolidating the two towns of Hinton and Upper Hinton under one administration. He prepared in his own handwriting that legislative act. That consolidation not proving satisfactory, he prepared a bill and aided in securing its passage, known as the "Divorce Bill," by which the two towns were separated and again became two separate municipalities. His practice of law extended to the adjoining counties and in the Supreme Court of Appeals.
He is a gentleman of intelligence and of enterprise, and his energies are always for the interest of his community at large. He exercised all of his influnce towards the securing of the construction of a new courthouse and fireproof clerks' offices and modern jail for Wyoming County.
There are few of the Swope descendants now residing within our territory. Jacob H. Hoover, the tinner of Avis, married his daughter, and they reside in Hinton. Another daughter, Mrs. Baber, and her husband live in the same town. Another daughter, Mrs. Dickinson, and her hus- band reside at Talcott. They are intelligent, law-abiding people.
There are a few things of which the Swope family may justly feel
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proud. They are descendants of the original pioneers who first settled in this county. From 1678 to 1916 there is no record of any of the Swope generation who was ever in prison except as prisoners of war. Not one has ever been tried or convicted of a felony in all the long line. Not one, so far as I have ever known or heard of, has signed his name with a mark, and no hungry person has ever gone unfed from their doors.
The old house built by the original settler on Wolf Creek still stands, well preserved. The site on which the hollow poplar tree stood in which Joseph Swope hid from the Indians is still marked and preserved. A large tombstone stands on a flat top circular knoll near the Board Run Bap- tist church, where Joseph Swope, Sr., laid out a cemetery or graveyard over a hundred years ago, and there lie side by side his body and that of his wife, and on his tombstone is the following inscription: "Joseph Swope departed this life March 2, 1819, in his sixty-eighth year. He was one of the first settlers of this country, after having been nine years a prisoner with the Shawnee Indians."
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INDEX TO TOPICS IN CHAPTER XXXIV
Abbott
297
Biggs 312
Adair
298
Bittenger 312
Alderson
298
Black 312
Alexander
300
Bland 313
Alford
301
Blankenship 313
Anderson
301
Blanton 313
Appling
301
Boggess
313
Archey
301
Boon
313
Arnot
301
Boone 314
Bostick 314
Baber
302
Bowyer
314
Baker
303
Bradley
315
Ballantyne
303
Ballard
304
Brown
315
Bare
.306
Broyles
316
Barnett
306
Bryan
317
Beamer
306
Budd 317
Beard
307
Burdett
317
Beckett
307
Burns
318
Beckner
308
Burnside
318
Beirne
308
Byrnside
318
Benson
311
Best
312
Callaway
319
Bickett
312
Campbell
319
Brooking 315
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Cantley
322
Echols 338
Caperton 322
Edgar
340
Carden
324
Ellis
341
Carlisle
324
Ellison 341
Carnifax 324
Ensminger 342
Caruthers 324
Chambers
324
Estill
342
Chapman
324
Evans 343
Ewing
. 343
Christy 325
Clark
326
Farley 343
Farmbrough 343
Fitzpatrick
343
Comer 327
Connor
328
Flint
344
Forlander .344
Foster
344
Friend
345
Gatliff 345
Gilchrist
345
Given
.345
Graham
.346
Gray .346
Green
.347
Groves
347
Gullett
347
Gwinn 348
DeHart 333
Dickenson 334
Dickson
334
Dillon
335
Doran
335
Dowdy
335
Dransfield
335
Dunbar 335
Dubois 336
Duncan
336
Dunlap
336
Dunn
337
Dunsmore 337
Eagen
338
Early
338
Hale
.349
Halstead
349
Hamilton
349
Hancock
349
Hand
349
Handley 350
Hank
.350
Harnsbarger
.350
Harper
.350
Harvey
.350
Hawkins
351
Haynes
.352
Hedrick .353
Henderson
353
Hereford
353
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Correll
330
Costler
331
Counts 331
Crebs 331
Crosier
332
Crotshin
332
Cummings
332
Curry
333
Fleshman
. 343
Conrad
329
Cook .329
Copeland 330
Cornwell
330
Coalter
.327
Cochran 327
Charlton
325
Erskine 342
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Higgenbotham 354
Lawrence 368
Hill
354
Leach
.368
Hinchman 3.54
Lee
.369
Hines
354
Legg 369
Hodge
.355
Lewis 370
Hogshead
.355
Linton 371
Holsapple 356
Honaker 356
Houchins
356
Houston
358
Hoylman 358
Hull
358
Maddeson 373
Maddox .373
Maddy 374
Magnet
375
Malcom 375
Mann 375
Massy
376
Jarrell .361
Jennings 361
McClaugherty 377
McCoy 377
McCreery 377
McDonald 377
McDowell
378
McGhee
379
Keadle
364
Kean 365
Keenan 365
McNeer 380
McNutt 380
McPherson 380
Meek 381
Milburn 381
Miller 381
Mitchell 383
Morton 384
Moss 384
384
Kirkpatrick 367
Kitchen .367
Neal
384
Neel
384
Nelson 386
Nettles 386
Launius 368
Nickell
386
Lobban 372
Longanacre 372
Lynch
372
Humphreys .359
Hunter .360
Hutchinson
.360
Irons .360
Jamieson .361
Maxwell 376
McCartney 377
Johnson
361
363
Johnston
Jones
364
Karnes 364
McGlamery
379
McMann 379
Keatley 365
Keaton 366
Keister 366
Keller 366
Kessinger .366
Keyes 366
Kilpatrick 367
Kincaid 367
Kinder 367
Murphy
Lafferty .367
Larew
367
Lively .371
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Osborne 387
Stalnaker 405
Pack
.388
Parke
388
Stephenson 406
Parker
389
Patton
389
Peck
391
Pence
391
Peters
392
Pharr
392
Pitzer
392
Tackett 409
Tapscott
409
Pritt
393
Taylor
409
Pyles
393
Pyne
394
Rainey .395
Tiffany .410
Reaburn 395
Reed
396
Riffe
396
Riner
396
Roach 397
Vanstavern 411
Vaughan
412
Rodgers .397
Ralston
.397
Rowan
397
Ruddle 399
Rushbrook 399
Ruth
400
Ryan
400
Sawyers .400
Scarborough 400
Scott 400
Shanklin
401
Shanton
402
Winebrenner .417
Wiseman 418
Woods 418
Woodson
418
Woodville
419
Wright
419
Wylie 419
Young
419
Spade
405
Spangler 405
Zoll
.421
Tracy
411
Turpin 411
Robinson 397
Vawter 412
Waite 413
Walker 414
Wallace 414
Wanstaff 414
Warren 414
Wickline
4-15
Weikel 415
Willey 415
Williams 416
Willis
417
Wilson 417
Shires
.402
Shumate 402
Skaggs 403
Smith 403
Smithson
.404
Sovain 404
Soward 404
Stever 407
Stodghill 407
Sullivan 407
Summers 408
Swinney 408
Swope 408
Symms 409
Prentice 393
Thomas 409
Thompson 410
Tincher 410
Tomlinson 410
Steele 406
INDEX
Chapter
Page
I
Local Geography
8
II Discovery and Exploration 17
III
Early Settlements
26
IV Three Wars with the Indians
V Monroe in the Revolution 31
42
VI
Pensioners of the Revolution
54
VII Monroe under Greenbrier
62
VIII Records of Twenty Years
68
IX Surveys and Patents
79
X Early Land Conveyances
89
XI
Formation of Monroe 103
XII
A Farm Home in 1800 118
XIII
Monroe from 1799 to 1861 129
XIV Records of Seventy Years 140
150
XVI
Annals of the War of 1861
159
XVII A War Diary
166
XVIII From 1872 to 1916
180
XIX The Colored Element
185
XX Towns and Villages
191
XXI
Summer Resorts 201
XXII
Highways and Railways 211
221
XXIV The Presbyterians in Monroe
225
XXV
Rehoboth
229
XXVI Methodism in Monroe
235
XXVII Other Churches and the Fraternities 240
XXVIII
The Schools of Monroe 244
251
XXX Farming and Other Industries
257
XXXI The Militia System and Officers 263
271
XXXIII Family Names 288
XXXIV Genealogic and Biographic Notes 294
XXXV The Soldiers of Monroe
422
APPENDICES
A Census Figures 461
. B Monroe Legislators 461
C Some County Officials 464
D Prices in Various Years 468
E Voters in 1800 472
F Naturalizations 473
G Residents of 1782 474
H Residents of 1799 479
I A Petition of 1852 487
Sketch of the Author
493
K Corrections 493
The Swope Family 494
M Index to Family Sketches 506
XV War and Reconstruction
XXIII The Baptist Church in Monroe
XXIX
Journalism and Literature
XXXII Monroe as Seen in a Tour
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