A history of Pendleton County, West Virginia, Part 34

Author: Morton, Oren Frederic, 1857-1926
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Franklin, W. Va., The author
Number of Pages: 544


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Church Buildings and Ministers.


The first church edifice of the Lutherans was a round-log structure standing a few yards southeast of the present church, which lies on the left bank of the South Fork, two miles above Brandywine. Prior to the recollection of people now living, the original building was succeeded by one of hewed logs, and this in turn by the present frame building. The first resident pastor was the Rev. Peter Michler (Mit- chell), who died June 23, 1812, and was buried in the church- yard. He lived a half-mile south in the vacant house within the great bend of the river. Mitchell was followed by J. B. Reimenschneider, who served more than 20 years. After brief pastorates by H. Wetzel and Daniel and Jacob Sherer, George Schmucker came in 1841. He was followed in 1876 by Arthur A. Hahn, the present pastor.


The United Brethren Church first appeared on the North Fork. In first gained foothold on the South Branch about 1850, and at Upper Tract, where a congregation gathered at the old log Methodist church which once stood just above the burial ground to the east of the pike and on the lane leading to the residence of C. N. Judy.


Pastors of Presbyterian church at Franklin: R. H. Fleming, John A. Preston, L. H. Paul, W. C. Hagan, J. Spencer Smith, Ivanhoe Robertson, S. S. Oliver, - Lacey.


Pastors of Upper Tract Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church: (Baltimore Conference)-James H. Howard, 1873-6, Edward S. Fort, 1876-7, L. D. Herron, 1877-80, J. R. Perdew, 1880-1, J. H. Jones, 1881-2, James W. Howard, 1882-5, (Vir- ginia Conference)-Howard Wade, 1885-6, L. S. Huffman,


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1886-8, G. S. Weiford, 1888-91, G. P. Hanna, 1891-3. (West Virginia Conference) -S. L. Gilmer, 1893-5, C. M. M. Fultz, 1896-8, E. W. Feltner, 1898-9, W. A. Sharp, 1899-1904, W. S. Brown, 1904, J. D. Dickey, 1904-7, P. W. Schrader, 1907 -. After some years a portion of the work was made into the Circleville circuit.


Church of the Brethren (Dunkard)


Methodist (M. E. C. S.) 5


Disciples (Christian)


Latter Day Saints (Mor- mon)


1


Lutheran


7


Mennonite


2


Methodist (M. E.)


4


United Brethren and Church of the Brethren 1


Union


1


The persons in the following list were ministers in this county in the years indicated. Where the name of the de- nomination is not given, they were so far as known of the Methodist Episcopal and United Brethren churches.


Ferdinand Lair


1800


Ezra Grover 1817


Moses Hinkle, Lutheran 1801


S. P. V. Gillespie 1817


Valentine Bowers


1802 Jesse Hinkle 1818


John Bennett 1807 John Watson


1819


George Guthrie, Baptist 1808


Daniel Sherer


1819


Otho Wade


1809


Robert Boyd


1820


Samuel Montgomery


1810 James Watts


1820


Gerard Morgan


1813 W. N. Scott 1822


Robert Bolton


1814 Nathan Euritt


1823


In our next list are names of preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1824-32, with the year of appointment.


Richard Armstrong


1824 Robert Carter 1829


Samuel Bryson


1824


B. F. Tallman (P. E.)


1829


Harvey Sawyers


1825


James Reed 1830


William Huston


1826


Alexander Foreman


1830


P. D. Lipscomb


1826


R. Slavin 1831


Nathaniel Pendleton


1827


John P. Daggy


1831


Samuel Ellis


1828


N. P. Cunningham


1832


W. N. Scott


1828


S. Zickafoose


1832


W. S. Kepler


1829


6 Presbyterian 3


2 Methodist Episcopal and United Brethren 2


Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Epis. South 1


The present list is of preachers on Franklin Circuit regu- larly appointed by bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


1833-E. R. Veitch and J. W. Cullom. 1834-E. R. Veitch and J. M. Anderson.


361


1835-James Green and John Lynn.


1836-Francis Mills and John Lynn.


1837-Francis Mills and Thomas J. Dwyerly.


1838-Stephen Smith and Wesley Rosh.


1839-Stephen Smith and Thomas H. Monroe. 1840-James Clark and Thomas J. Harden.


1840-James Clark and Thomas J. Harden.


1842-T. H. Bucey and J. L. Gilbert and T. Brey.


1843-T. H. Bucey and W. Taylor and A. Bland.


1844-Nathaniel Fisk and Lemuel Waters.


1945-Nathaniel Fisk and Henry Huffman.


1846-John W. Osborn and Joseph W. Hedges.


1847-John W. Osburn and John Dosh.


1848-W. H. Laney and James W. Wolf. 1849 James Clark and W. C. Steel.


1850-James Clark and M. L. Hawley.


1851-John Start and J. M. Lemon.


1852-John Start and J. W. Ewan.


1853-W. Champion and P. S. E. Sixes.


1854-P. P. Wirgman and Joseph H. Temple.


1855-John W. Kelly and Harrison McNemar.


1856-John W. Kelly and W. Thomas.


1857-Robert Smith and S. H. Cummings and S. B. Dolly.


1858-Robert Smith and J. F. Bean.


1859-James Beatty and Samuel Waugh.


1860-James Beatty and S. F. Butt.


1861-4-Samuel H. Griffith, L. W. Haslip, and S. B. Dolly.


1865-Joseph Crickenbarger.


1866-Thomas Briley and L. W. Haslip.


1867-S. H. Griffith and Milton Taylor assisted by Ste- phen Smith.


In 1868 the Baltimore Conference separted, there being henceforward one such conference in the Methodist Episco- pal Church and one in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The following names are the preachers on the Franklin cir- cuit since the division.


1868-S. H. Griffith and W. H. Mason assisted by Ste- phen Smith.


1869-Thomas Hildebrand and O. C. Bell.


1872-S. R. Snapp.


1875-J. C. Sedwick and W. E. Wolf.


1878-Leonidas Butt and - Blackston.


1880-Leonidas Butt and -- Porterfield.


1882-Luke Markwood.


1883-W. E. Wolf.


1884-C. E. Simmons.


1886-F. T. Griffith.


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1888-S. S. Tory.


1890-J. F. Baggs.


1891-S. Townsend.


1894-W. M. Waters.


1898-J. H. Schooley.


1902-J. H. Dills.


1903-J. Alexander Rood.


1904-W. N. Wagner.


1908-H. L. Myerly.


Presiding Elders of Franklin Circuit.


1858-62-Eldredge R. Veitch. 1886-90-S. G. Ferguson.


1862-6-James Thomas.


1890-4-G. T. Tyler.


1870-4-S. Griffith.


1894-8-G. H. Zimmerman.


1874-8-J. C. Dice.


1878-82-P. H. Whisner. 1898-1902-B. F. Ball.


1882-6-Rumsey Smithson.


1902-6-G. T. Williams.


1886-90-W. G. Hammond.


1906-10-W. E. Wolf.


County Officials Before 1865


The county order-books do not as a rule tell when an official was chosen. In many instances he is mentioned only inci- dentally. The following lists are not always complete or per- fect, but are the best that could be done with the various records accessible in the courthouse. The first date opposite each name is the year when the person is first named in the records. The second date is the year of decease, so far as such date is known. A date with a star indicates the year of commission.


Justices Under the Constitutions of 1776 and 1829


Amiss, Geo. W. 1822 Johnson, Jehu 1800


Arbogast, Emanuel


1843 Johnson, John 1800


Armstrong, Abel H.


1843 Johnson, Jacob F. 1849


Boggs, James


1842 Jones, Thomas 1831


Boggs, John Jr.


1843


Judy, Adam 1828


Campbell, James B.


1831


1800


Cunninham, John


1800


Masters, Campbell


1837


Davis, Robert 1788 *- 1818


McCoy, Oliver


1800


Dice, George W.


1837


McCoy, William 1825


Dyer, James 1788 *- 1807


Newman, A. M. 1849


Dyer, William


1807


Patterson, James 1788*


Dyer, Andrew W.


1828


Patton, Matthew


1788*


Fleisher, Benjamin


1820


Phares, Robert


1843


Hansel, Benoni


1840


Reed, James


1797


Kee, James B. 1831


Conrad, Adam


Kiser, John 1846


363


Hedrick, Solomon


1846 £ Sibert, Nicholas 1800


Hinkle, Moses


1788* Sittlington, Adam


1807


Hinkle, Isaac


1788* Sitlington, John 1807


Hinkle, Jesse


1807 Skidmore, James


1788*


Hinkle, Michael 1825


Skidmore, John


1788*


Hoover, Jacob 1800


Slavin, John


1797


Hopkins, John


1797


Stephenson, James 1797


Hopkins, Cyrus


1845


Stone, Jacob


1837


Hull, Henry


1807 Temple, Harry F.


1825


Hull, Peter


1825 Wilson, Thomas


1797


Johnson, George F. 1846 Wilson, John G.


1849


(In this list the second date is when the justice ceases to be mentioned in the record).


Anderson, Sam. P. 1861 Lough, George A. 1852-1861


Boggs, James 1852-1862 Lough, William H. 1861


Bond, John S. 1852-9 Malcomb, Nicholas 1856


Bowers, Chris. S.


1856 Mallow, Michael Jr. 1852-1860


Coatney, Edw'd J. 1852-6


McCoy, William 1852-1860


Day, Samson 1860-1


Nelson, Joseph 1857-8


Dice, Reuben 1852-9 Nelson, Ab'm. H.


1857-1860


Dolly, John W. 1860-64 Propst, William 1857-1860


Dove, Jacob 1852-1864 Puffenbarger, Sam. 1852-1864


Dyer, Andrew W. 1857-1865 Raines, William


1852-1860


Dyer, William F. 1852-1864 Saunders, Edwd T. 1852-6


Harding, Jas. A. 1857-1862 Simpson, William


Harman, Solomon 1852-1860 Siple, George


1857-1860


Harman, George


1852-3


Sites, Adam


1857-1860


Harold, Daniel


1862-5


Sites, Johnson


1852-6


Hiner, Benjamin 1861-5


Smith, Laban


1852-6


Hinkle, Nicholas 1852-6


Temple, Harry F.


1855-1864


Hiser, Jonathan


1860-1


Teter, Isaac


1852-1863


Hopkins, Cyrus 1857-1863 Trumbo, Jacob


1852-1864


Johnson, Geo. F. 1852-3 Trumbo, Salisbury 1852-1864


Keister, John 1852 Wagoner, Wm. D.


1860-3


Keister, Henry


1857-1860 Waybright, Jesse


1857-1863


Kiser, John 1852-1864 Wilson, John C.


1861-2


Lambert, Elias


1852-6


Sheriffs


Robert Davis 1788-1803-4 William Dyer 1825


James Dyer


1794 John Sitlington 1826


Peter Hull 1798-1821 Henry Hull


1828-1831


Robert Burnett'


1799 Thomas Kinkead 1833


William Gragg


1800 James Johnson 1835


Jacob Conrad


1804 Benjamin Fleisher 1839


1852-6


Hedrick, Solomon 1857-1860 Smith, Ben. Y.


1857-1860


364


William McCoy 1807


James Boggs 1843


John Cunningham 1816 Michael Hinkle 1852


Harmon Hiner 1817-1819


John M. Jones


1854


and 1838


Robert Phares


1856


Jesse Hinkle 1822-4-1845-7


County Clerks


Garvin Hamilton 1788 Andrew W. Dyer


Abraham Smith


1797 Edmund Dyer


Zebuloon Dyer


1803


Surveyors


Isaac Hinkle


1788 Jacob F. Johnson


1838


James Skidmore


1821


Commissioners of the Revenue


James Dyer


1790 Jacob F. Johnson


1851-8


George W. Amiss


1822 Campbell Masters 1850


James Johnson


1834-1851 J. E. Wilson


1850


William Dyer


1843 George F. Johnson


1850


Adam Judy


1847 George W. Bible


1850


Laban Smith


1858


Attorneys


(Those marked with a star are known to have held the office of Prosecuting Attorney.)


Samuel Reed


1788 John Brown 1813


Archibald Stewart


1790 James G. Gamble 1816


William Naylor 1803 Joseph Pendleton* 1822


Samuel Harper


1805 I. S. Pennybacker


1831


Thomas Griggs 1805 H. H. Masters*


1856-1860


Robert Gray


1813 Daniel M. Auvil* 1861


George Mays


1813 John B. Moomau* 1863


County Officials Under West Virginia


County Commissioners 1872-1881


Coatney, Edward J. Kile, Isaac T. 1874-81


(President, 1881)


1872-81 Kiser, John 1878-81


Cowger, Noah M.


1872-81 Lambert, Elias 1872-81


Daugherty, James H. 1872-81 McDonald, Peter


1877-81


Dolly, J. W.


1875 Nelson, Solomon K.


1872-80


Dove, Jacob


1872-81 Pennybacker, Isaac S. 1881


Propst, William 1877-80


Hiner, Benjamin (President)


1872-81 Siple, George D.


1877-82


365


Johnston, Mortimer 1872-81 Teter, George 1872-82


Jones, John M. 1874-6 Vance, Reuben 1874-81


Keister, Henry 1872-8


1882-Jacob Hinkle (Pres.), Joshua Day, Martin Judy, James M. Temple.


1884-6-Martin Moyers, Lewis Moyers, George Teter, Leon- ard Harper, John R. Dolly.


1888-William C. Kiser, (Pres.), George D. Siple, Peter P. Wanstaff, Jacob Mallow, Joshua Day, Jacob Hinkle.


1891-James S. Trumbo, Henry Sinnett, Abraham N. Kile, John M. Ruddle, John A. Harper, Sylvanus Mullenax. 1893-Leonard Harper (Pres.), John T. Harold, Henry Sin- nett, Jr., George Teter, Isaac E. Bolton, Joshua Day. 1895-Jacob Hinkle-4 year term, James P. Kiser-2 year term, Eugene Keister-6 year term.


1899-Peter McDonald succeeded to Hinkle.


1901-William B. Anderson succeeded to Keister.


1903-James S. Trumbo (Pres.), Jacob Mitchell, William Day, William B. Anderson, Noah Kimble, George W. Waybright.


1905-J. C. Mallow, James L. Pope, Elijah Puffenbarger, William B. Anderson, Jacob W. Day.


1907-William M. Boggs (Pres.), John P. Kiser, Henry F. Swadley, Leonard Harper, Simon P. Dolly, Laban C. Davis.


1909-Leonard Harper, Laban C. Davis, Thomas J. Painter, George A. Hiner, Elijah Puffenbarger, Simon P. Dolly.


Recorder


County and Circuit Clerk :- John S. Bond, 1873-7; Robert L. Nelson, 187 -; Andrew W. Dyer, 187-18 -; Isaac P. Boggs, 187-1889; James H. Daugherty, 1889-95; Isaac E. Bolton, 1895


Sheriff :- John Boggs (1865-9), Joshua Day (1869-73), John P. Boggs (1873-77), George McQuain (1877-81), Franklin An- derson (1881-5), John W. Byrd (1885-9), Morgan G. Trumbo (1889-93), Jesse H. Simmons (1893-7), Michael Mauzy (1897-1901), George W. Davis (1901-5), Okey J. Mauzy (1905-9), Isaac N. Ruddle (1909)


Prosecuting Attorney :- William H. Flick, Henry H. Mas- ters, A. S. Norment, J. Edward Pennybacker, Eli A. Cun- ningham (1881-9), J. Edward Pennybacker (1889-93) Benja- min H. Hiner (1893-1901), Harrison M. Calhoun (1901-9), William McCoy (1909-)


County Superintendents :- James W. Johnson (1865),- - - Hoover (1866-7), William H. Arbogast (1867-71), Andrew W. Dyer (1871-3), J. Edward Pennybacker (1873-5), William F.


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McQuain (1875-9), James W. Johnson (1879-81), John W. Biby (1881-3), John A. Harman (1883-5), George W. Davis (1885-9), William F. McQuain (1889-91), Joseph H. Lantz (1891-3), George W. Grady (1893-5), Harrison M. Calhoun (1895-9), George A. Hiner (1899-1903), Walter S. Dunkle (1903-7), Flick Warner (1907 -- )


Mr. Johnson did not serve at his first election, owing to some irregularity, and Mr. Hoover was chosen at a special election in the early summer of 1866. Until 1895 the term of office was two years.


The School Districts of 1846


As established by a County Order of Oct. 8. It was the first recorded division of Pendleton into school districts, and was done in compliance with an Act of Assembly establishing public schools.


1-Bullpasture valley.


2-Cowpasture valley.


3-South Fork valley to Kiser's mill (Sugar Grove).


4-To wagon road from South Branch to Kiser's mill. (This is not very explicit. )


5-South Fork and Blackthorn from Propst's Gap to Kiser's mill and the Bullpasture road.


6-Franklin and South Fork from Propst's Gap down to the road from the Dice schoolhouse through Conrad's Gap to South Branch.


7-South Fork and valley from the Dice schoolhouse to the Hardy line.


8-Section of county between settlements on South Fork and South Branch below road through Conrad's Gap down to Hardy line.


9-South Branch from Ulrich Conrad's, the Smoke Hole, North and South Mill creeks down to Hardy line.


10-North Fork and tributaries from Hardy line to Ketter- man's Gap.


11-South Branch from Franklin to Conrad's, Buffalo Hill Gap, and North Fork from Ketterman's Gap to the Roaring Spring Gap.


12-North Fork and tributaries from the Roaring Spring Gap to head of said Fork.


13-South Branch and tributary waters from Franklin to mouth of Stright Creek.


14-Straight Creek and Crabbottom up to John Rexroad's mill.


15-Crabbottom from Rexroad's mill up Jackson's river and tributaries to county line.


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The commissioners appointed for these districts were as follows :- 1. Peter Hull. 2. Thomas Jones. 3. Benoni Han- sel. 4. Josiah Hiner. 5. William McCoy. 6. Harry F. Temple. 7. William H. Dyer. 8. Cyrus Hopkins. 9. An- drew W. Dyer. 10. John Boggs. 11. Jacob F. Johnson. 12. James Boggs. 13. James B. Kee. 14. Emanuel Arbogast. 15. John Bird.


School Statistics


1840.


Common schools


12 can read and write 2,702


Pupils not at public charge


Persons over 20 who


164 cannot read and


Pupils at public charge


71


write 1,167


Pupils, total


235 Percentage of illite-


Persons over 20 who


racy 30


1856.


Common schools


31 digents 36


Indigent pupils


Indigent pupils sent to school


Average number days attendance of in-


1860.


Teachers


44 School income from


Pupils


780 other sources $2,250


School income from


Total School income 3,450


public funds


$1,200


1870.


Teachers, male


47 Pupils


2,250


Teachers, female


8 School income $10,103


Teachers, total


55


1872.


Frame schoolhouses


27


Log schoolhouses


31


Total number built during the year


3


Value of school property Enrollment


2,375


Pupils attending school .- boys


962


-girls


760


-total


1,682


715 Paid for tuition of in- digents $660.77


453 Average paid for each pupil 1.40


$10,990.00


368


Daily average


1,534


Teachers, males


60


Teachers, females


4


Average monthly salary


$30.90


Average number of months taught


3.32


Average age of pupils


12}


First grade certificates


1


Second grade certificates


6


Third grade certificates


16


Fourth grade certificates


21


Fifth grade certificates


6


Schools open 7 months


1


Schools open 5 months


2


Schools open 4 months


35


Schools open less than 4 months


20


Number of school officers-Clerks


6


-Commissioners


18


-- Trustees


81


Number of visits by officers


301


Township levies


$4,954.55


State school fund


3,172.46


Cost of schools


6,724.08


Teachers in 1872


Arbogast, H. W.


Hildebrand, G.


Armentrout, Christopher


Hiner, William N.


Baxter, H. Lee


Hiser, Jonathan


Baxter, Jacob C.


Huffman, Robert H.


Biby, John W.


Judy, Charles N.


Blakemore, E. V.


King, H. C.


Blakemore, William C.


Lambert, E. A.


Bland, James H.


Masters, John F.


Boggs, Henrietta


Nelson, Lafayette


Bond, John S.


Nelson, Solomon K.


Castleman, A. Kate


Newham, W. T.


Cooper, H. C.


Pope, Henry W.


Covington, J. H.


Rexroad, George W.


Cowger, Manasseh


Roudebush, John


Cowger, William J.


Samuels, E. A.


Dahmer, John G.


Samuels. Z. T.


Day, Benjamin F.


Schmucker, W. M.


Dolly, John W.


Sullenbarger, Jay


Dove, Mordecai


Todd, Fillmore


Dunkle, John


Todd, A. P.


Dyer, Isaac W.


Vint, George M.


Fishback, L. C.


Ward, Martha H.


Hahn, Arthur A.


Westmoreland, M. A.


369


Harman, Jacob Harman, Samuel


Wheeler, N. Wood, S. M.


1908-9


Graded schools


5


Ungraded schools


97


Male teachers


75


Female teachers


26


State and first grade certificates


19


School enumeration


3,197


Average enrollment


2,583


Average attendance


1,756


Cost of schools


$25,521.86


Schoolhouses, total


97


Schoolhouses, log


8


School libraries


22


Volumes in school libraries


1,382


Teachers with a record of 10 or more years of service


17


Number of School graduates


49


Average age of pupils


11


Cost of schools per capita, based on enumeration


$7.98


Cost of schools per capita, based on enrollment $9.87


Cost of schools per capita, based on attendance $14.53


Abstracts from Census Reports


Census of 1840


Horses and mules


3,867 Liquor mf'd gal. 6,548


Cattle


14,161 Powder mills


4


Sheep


20,793 Gunpowder 1b. 1,100


Swine


12,777 Glove factories


3


Poultry


4,385 Gristmills 31


Corn, bu.


130,010 Sawmills


46


Wheat, bu.


65,725 Capital invested in


Oats, bu.


54,168 manufacturing


$28,451


Rye, bu.


35,547 Men above 90


5


Buckwheat, bu.


8,189 Men above 70 47


Potatoes, bu.


35,645 Women above 90 3


Hay, tons,


6,838 Women above 70


59


Hemp and flax, tons Wool, 1b.


28,341 Free colored


35


Sugar, lb.


112,151 Employed in farming


Ginseng, 1b. 89 persons 2,092


Dairy products, value $15,891 Employ'd in commerce,


Orchard prod. value $5,514 persons 11


PCH 24


11 Slaves 462


370


Homemade goods Machinery mf'd Distilleries


$18,769 Employed in trade and


$1,450 manufacturing 158


44


Census of 1850


White males


2,807 Marriages


110


White females


2,635 Deaths-white


41


Colored males-Slave


169 Deaths-colored


3


Colored females-Slave


153 Idiots


19


Colored males-Free


18 Insane


5


Colored females-Free


13 Blind


2


Total slave


322 Deaf and dumb


4


Total free colored


31


Census of 1860


White males over 21 and not exempt from taxa- tion


1,168


Slaves


134


Free colored


12


Real estate


$1,064,994


Personal property


523,324


Total real and personal


1,588,318


Tithes-white


.80


Tithes-slave


1.20


State tax


7,257.00


Poor tax


1.400


Water tax


.35


Farms, cash value


1,638,242


Farm implements and machinery


47,534


Value of livestock


574,033


Value of animals slaughtered


45,306


Value of homemade manufactures


14,601


Land improved-acres


71,680


Land unimproved-acres


292,749


Usual wage of farm hand with board- per month


10.00


Usual wage of day laborer with board


.50


Usual wage of day laborer without board


.75


Usual wage of carpenter per day without board


.50


Board per week to laborers


1.50


Female domestics per week with board


1.00


Pianos and harps


4 Sheep


11,440


Clocks


550 Swine


5,702


Watches


107 Wool lb.


102,254


Stage coaches and


Cheese lb.


3,529


371


pleasure carriages Flouring mills Distilleries Sawmills


38 Butter lb.


102,254


10 Flax 1b. 4,493


3 Sugar Ib. 59,861


12 Honey 1b.


8,505


Tanneries


4 Molasses gal.


3,496


Carding mills


3 Flaxseed-bu.


397


Blacksmiths


4 Buckwheat, bu.


18,794


Cabinet makers


2 Wheat-usual aver- age bu. 50,000


Plow and wagon mak- er,


Chopping mill


11


Hatter


1


Corn-usual average bushels 200,000


Horses


2,530


Oats -usual average


Mule


1 bushels 25,000


Cattle


9,866 Hay-tons


3,932


Leading Farmers of 1860


Anderson, William - estate, $25,000 McCoy, William Sr .- estate


$36,000


Carr, Adam L.


McCoy, William Jr .- estate, 20,000


estate 58,500 Phares, Robert


Harper, Amby


Phares, Robert B.


Harper, George


Propst, Joseph


Harper, Moses


Rexroad, Jacob


Harper, Sylvanus


Ruddle, James D.


Hinkle, Wesley


Saunders, Edward S.


Hopkins, Cyrus


Simmons, Henry


Johnson, Jacob F.


Siple, George


Judy, Adam-estate,


20,000 Stone, Jacob


Kile, Mary


Persons Paying Above $20 in Taxes in 1860


Anderson, William (estate)


Hinkle, Michael Sr. Johnson, Samuel


Boggs, Aaron


McClure, John (estate)


Boggs, James


McCoy, William


Carr, Adam "


Nestrick, Hannah


Dyer, Andrew W.


Saunders, Edward T.


Dyer, Rebecca


Siple, George


Dyer, William F.


Smith, Jacob


Graham, Isaac


Smith, Henry


Harper, Leonard


Stone, Daniel C.


Hiner, Benjamin


Mallow, Paul


Boggs, James


Dyer, Andrew W .-


Rye-usual average bushels 30,000


Alt, Isaac


372


Census of 1870


Dwellings Farms


1,036 Real estate $1,085,807


563 Personal property 489,143


Real and personal


Farm wages per month


$ 12.00 per assessor


1,574,950


Day labor less board


1.00 Real and personal


Day labor with b'd.


.75 true valuation 2,099,033


Carpenter with b'd.


1.50 Total taxes


18,527


Board to laborer per week


1.75 Paupers, colored 3


Pauper, total 46


2.75 Pauper cost 1,862


Pendleton Legislators


In General Assembly of Virginia


Sessions of 1789-91-William Patton and Peter Hull, Sr.


Session of 1792-William Patton and Jacob Conrad.


Session of 1793-Jacob Conrad and Robert Davis.


Session of 1794-Oliver McCoy and Peter Hull, Sr. Session of 1795-Jacob Conrad and Peter Hull, Sr.


Session of 1796-Robert Davis and Peter Hull, Sr. Session of 1797-8-James Reed and Peter Hull, Sr. Sessions of 1798-1803-William McCoy and Jacob Hull, Sr. Session of 1803-4-William McCoy and Peter Hull, Sr. Session of 1804-5-John Davis and Peter Hull, Sr. Session of 1805-6-John Davis and Nathaniel Pendleton. Session of 1806-7-John Davis and Roger Dyer. Session of 1807-8-Peter Hull, Jr. and Isaac Hinkle. Sessions of 1808-10-Peter Hull, Jr. and John Davis. Session of 1810-11-Peter Hull Jr, John Fisher.


Sessions of 1811-13-Peter Hull Jr. and Robert P. Flannagan. Sessions of 1813-15-Peter Hull Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton. Session of 1815-16-Peter Hull Jr. and John Hopkins.


Session of 1816-17-Jesse Hinkle and Harmon V. Given (Gwinn?)


Session of 1817-18-Jesse Hinkle and John Hopkins Session of 1818-19-John Hopkins and John Cunningham. Sessions of 1819-21-Thomas Jones and James Johnson. Session of 1821-22-Thomas Jones and John Dice. Session of 1822-23-Thomas Jones and John Hopkins Session of 1823-4-Thomas Jones and John Dice. Session of 1827-5-Harmon Hiner and John Dice. Session of 1825-6-Harmon Hiner and Jacob Greiner. Session of 1826-7-John Dice and Jacob Greiner. Session of 1827-8-John Dice and Thomas Jones. Session of 1828-9-Thomas Jones and Reuben Dice.


Paupers, white 43


Female domestic per week


373


Session of 1829-30-Harmon Hiner and Benjamin McCoy. Sessions of 1830-33-Harmon Hiner. Sessions of 1833-5-Thomas Jones. Sessions of 1835-9-William McCoy (2) Sessions of 1839-42-Harmon Hiner. Sessions of 1842-4-John Bird. Sessions of 1844-6-Benjamin Hiner. Session of 1846-7-Anderson M. Newman.


Sessions of 1847-8-George W. Dice.


Sessions of 1848-50-Benjamin Hiner.


Sessions of 1850-60-James B. Kee.


Session of 1861-2-James Boggs (resigned); Reuben B. Dice elected to fill vacancy.


Session of 1863-4-Edward T. Saunders.


In Legislature of West Virginia


Sessions of 1863-5-John Boggs.


Session of 1866-Abraham Hinkle.


Session of 1867-Jonathan Hiser.


Session of 1868-Willlam Adamson.


Sessions of 1869-70-William H. Mauzy, H. H. Flick.


Session of 1871-John Boggs.


Session of 1872-James L. Mauzy.


Session of 1873-Jacob F. Johnson.


Session of 1875-George A. Blakemore.


Sessions of 1887-9-Edward Pennybacker.


Session of 1881-Joshua Day.


Session of 1883-J. Edward Pennybacker.


Session of 1885-Jacob Hinkle.


Session of 1887-John J. Hiner.


Session of 1889-George A. Blakemore.


Session of 1891-William C. Kiser. Session of 1893-Peter Harper.


Session of 1895-William H. Boggs.


Sessions of 1897-1901-John McCoy.


Session of 1903-Morgan G. Trumbo.


Session of 1905-George L. Kiser.


Session of 1907-William McCoy.


Session of 1909-John D. Keister.


Members of Virginia Conventions


Constitutional Convention of 1829-30-William McCoy. Constitutional Convention of 1850-51-Anderson M. Newmen. Secession Convention of 1861-Henry H. Masters. Members West Virginia Conventions


Constitutional Convention of 1861-John L. Boggs. Constitutional Convention of 1872-Charles D. Boggs.


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