The history of Barbour County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time, Part 26

Author: Maxwell, Hu, 1860-1927
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Morgantown, W. Va. : Acme Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 538


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Election October 13, 1874.


Candidates.


Votes.


Majority.


CONGRESS.


Charles J. Faulkner, Democrat


804


339


A. R. Boteler, Republican 465


Election October 10, 1876.


GOVERNOR.


Henry M. Mathews, Democrat


1187 295


Nathan Goff, Republican 892


-


Election November 7, 1876.


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.


Democratic.


1117


252


Republican


865


Samuel S. Shockey


Lucinda Payne


Austin Fravel Mary Price Maria Wright John Davisson Joshua S. Corder 66


42


222


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS. Election October 8, 1878.


Candidates.


Votes. Majorities.


CONGRESS.


B. F. Martin, Democrat.


1202


803*


Frank Burr, Republican 399


John A. Thompson. 357


Election October 12, 1880. GOVERNOR.


Jacob B. Jackson, Democrat. 1240


384*


George C. Sturgiss, Republican. 856


N. B. French


221


-


Election November 2, 1880. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.


Democratic 1017


175


Republican


842


Election October 10, 1882. CONGRESS.


William L. Wilson, Democrat 691


John W. Mason, Republican 769


78*


B. M. Kitchen 111


Election October 14, 1884. GOVERNOR.


E. W. Wilson, Democrat 1359 75


Edwin Maxwell, Republican 1284


Election November 4, 1884. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.


Democratic


1263


22


Republican . 1241


Election November 2, 1886. CONGRESS.


William L. Wilson, Democrat


1256


W. H. H. Flick, Republican ..


1257


1


Election November 6, 1888. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.


Democratic. 1508


35


Republican


1473


*Plurality.


SAMUEL VANHORN WOODS.


225


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


Election November 4, 1890. CONGRESS.


William L. Wilson, Democrat.


1477


112


George Harman, Republican 1365


Election November 8, 1892. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.


Democratic.


1462


59


Republican


1403


Election November, 1894. CONGRESS.


William L. Wilson, Democrat.


1456


Alston G. Dayton, Republican 1605


149


Election November 4, 1896.


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.


Democratic 1645 72


Republican


1573


Election November 8, 1898.


CONGRESS.


John T. McGraw, Democrat.


1503


Alston G. Dayton, Republican


1557


54


Lawyers Who Have Practiced in Barbour.


William E. Arnold 1847


Daniel M. Auvil 1853


Henry D. Auvil 1860


Stark W. Arnold. 1878


Thomas J. Arnold


1874


John W. Arbuckle 1898


Bernard L. Brown. 1843


Jonathan M. Bennett 1843


Benjamin Bassel, Jı 1843


William G. Brown. 1845


George W. Berlin 1846


Caleb Boggess. . 1847


James M. Bennett 1850


A. C. Bowman 1877


Thomas A. Bradford 1857


Thomas Brown 1847


Frederick Berlin 1848


Richard A. Brown 1849


Edward C. Bunker 1854


John J. Brown


1859


J. Alexander Brown 1860


Simon Buckingham 1865


Thomas P. R. Brown 1869


John Bassel 1873


A. C. Baker 1873


James A. Bent


1889


W. E. Baker


1897


John S. Carlile 1843


G. D. Camden 1843


Jesse C. Canfield 1892


Gustavus Cresap


1845


Samuel Crane ..


1849


William C. Carper 1854


C. J. P. Cresap 1860


W. D. Carlile. 1874


J. Philip Clifford 1889


A. W. Corley 1892


W. G. Conley


1894


John F. Corder


1898


John S. Duncan.


1843


Edgar M. Davisson


1843


226


NOTES FROH THE RECORDS.


Burton Despard. 1843


Spencer Dayton.


1847


Edwin S. Duncan. 18-19


- Alston G. Dayton.


1878


James B. Dorman


1847


John A. Dille


1849


E. S. Daniels


1883


C. P. Dorr 1884


M. K. Duty . 1892


C. W. Daily 1892


Mathew Edmiston.


1843


John S. Fisher 1855


David Goff.


1843


Claude Goff


1856


William A. Gibson


1860


David W. Gall


1881


William T. George


1897


William Calder Haymond.


1843


Charles A. Harper. 1843


Charles S. Hall 1843


Edwin S. Hewitt 1843


John S. Hoffman.


1844


William A. Harrison 1844


John N. Hughes 1854


J. S. Hall.


1881


Alpheus T. Haymond.


1843


Joseph Hart.


1843


Marcellus B. Hagans 1849


Ephraim B. Hall.


1852


Felix H. Hughes.


1859


Willoughby Harrison.


1874


John H. Holt


1883


T. W. Harrison 1886


Lloyd Hansford 1887


Charles G. Harrison 1888


J. F. Harding


1888


C. C. Higginbotham.


1889


Jasper L. Hall


1870


William T. Ice 1866


Robert Johnson. 1843


Waldo P. Johnson . 1843


James M. Jackson.


1843


Leonidas S. Johnson.


1846


Robert Johnston


1843


. W. B. Kittle 1894


Leland Kittle


1882


Charles Lewis


1843


George R. Latham 1859


David H. Lilley 1863


George H. Lee 1843


Robert Lynn


1845


George W. Lurty 1853


Philetus Lipscomb


1886


L. M. LaFollette


1889


Lewis C. Lawson 1889


Addison Mclaughlin 1843


David J. Morgan. 1845


Benjamin F. Myers. 1845


Charles M. Murphy 1892


John McWhorter


1851


Henry O. Middleton 1859


John B. Mason.


1868


John N. Martin.


1869


Benjamin F. Martin 1873


John W. Mason


1874


James Morrow


1888


Edwin Maxwell


1888


E. T. Moreland


1894


W. B. Maxwell


1886


C. D. Merrick.


1889


- James Neeson


1844


Hezekiah G. Pinnell


1843


~ Melville Peck.


1881


A. M. Poundstone


1867


Aldine S. Poling


1892


ʻ


Albert G. Reger


1844


S. L. Reger


1881


- Ira E. Robinson


1891


Augustine J. Smith


1843


James K. Smith


1844


J. H. Stewart


1877


J. G. St. Clair


1887


Chapman J. Stewart


1844


S. M. Sommers


1857


Eugene T. Sommerville


1879


- Robert M. Strickler


1878


Eugene Sommerville.


1887


W. Scott.


1889


James T. Scott


1892


George B. Scott


1897


Fontain Smith


1866


C. W. Smith


1873


227


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


Uriel M. Turner 1843


Cabell Tavener 1843


Nathan H. Taft. 1846


Joseph A. Thompson 1859


H. G. Thurman. 1883


E. D. Talbott 1883


W. G. L, Totten 1886


R. E. Talbott. 1893


Alonzo L. Taylor 1886


A. J. Valentine.


1886


W. D. Williams 1846 -


- Samuel Woods. 1848


Benjamin Wilson 1849


Enoch T. Withers 1843


Frank Woods


1877


J. Hop. Woods


1878


J. B. Ware.


1898


Samuel V. Woods 1881


U. G. Young


1889


John Zinn


1858


Henry A. G. Ziegler


1869


Constables.


1843. John Weaver, Isaac Johnson, G. W. Gall, James Wilch, James Benson, Noah B. Wamsley, Alpheus Teter, Absalom Hardin, Elias Alexan- der, Martin D. Kittle, Samuel Keller, Israel Coffman, William Simpson, Francis O. Shurtliff, F. J. Holder, Asa W. Talbott, John Martin, Joseph Corder, Samuel Holsberry, Garrett Johnson, William W. Jones, Samuel Haddix, Jackson Cash, John Kelly, George Harris, Nestor H. Kittle, Michael Boyles, George K. Digman, Absalom Roberts, Elmore Harrow, Mason Overfield, Jonathan Yager.


1844. John Douglas, Westfield Overfield, James Kesling.


1845. Abraham R. Chrislip, George Simon, Joshua Glascock, Jesse Teter, Samuel Cleavinger.


1849. John Dilworth, James W. McGuffin, Israel Poling, David Wilson, Stephen J. Thompson, Daniel Yager.


1851. James H. Prim, Joshua Wood, Jr., Absalom Wilmoth, Thomas D. Boyles, Gilbert Boyles.


1852. Absalom Digman, William Corder, Jacob Sturm.


1855. Adam Kerr, Asberry Rogers, Philip Digman.


1858. Spencer Glascock, Anthony B. Vannoy, Peter Johnson, Francis Snodgrass, Charles A. Holt, James F. Harvey, Anthony Rohrbaugh.


1859. Levi Bennett, Hansford Glascock.


1861. Minor S. Reynolds, John H. Wilson, Charles M. Groves, Milton C. Atherton, Henson L. Stout.


1862. Abraham R. Ward, N. E. Warder, Benson Simon, Isaac Price. 1863. David Foy, Jacob Waugh, Benjamin Simon, Solomon Coffman.


1864. Stephen Bolton, John Reeves, Isaac F. Hays, Simon Philips, Bartholomew Rosenberger, Salom Smith, Simpson Phillips.


1865. Robinson Woodford, Lewis Zirkle, Philip Rusmisel, John W. Cox, William P. Wilson, Richard Crutchard, Leper Rogers, Michael Simon, Thomas Williams.


1867. Henry A. Markley, William G. Martin, William Cunningham,


228


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS


Thomas K. Ford, John Stalnaker, Isaiah Poling, John Beaver, Robert G. Thorn, Reuben E. Walden.


1868. Stingley Shaffer, Matthew Edmunds, Daniel M. Williams, William Cade, William W. Johnson, William P. McCoy.


1870. Jacob B. Shroyer, W. G. Martin, Perry F. Poling, William M. George, John R. Shafer, A. C. Leyman, William Simon, John B. Stout, H. J. Thompson, H. Combs.


1872. Nelson Peck, Elmore B. Philips, George W. Fry, Levi H. Camp- bell, Jesse B. Poling, Robert B. Bartlett, William W. Hudkins, John E. Hulderman, Henry Hovatter, Washington Phillips, J. W. Greathouse.


1874. David S. Talbott.


1876. William Phillips, G. D. Harris, Jethro Bennett, William Price, Sanford Coffman, Terah Osborn, Benjamin K. Knight, William Murphy, Christian Post, I. R. Murphy.


1880. Cornelius Corley, George A. Lough, Francis L. Swick.


1882. William W. Jones, Joseph B. A. Simon, George L. Corder, William S. Scott, Charles W. Haller, Jethro Moore, G. G. McVicker, James Nutter.


1884. G. M. Hovatter, B. W. Gainer, Wesley Bean, William S. Cutright, Matthew R. McVicker, William P. Townsend, Franklin P. Knight, Joseph P. Yager, Simpson Cross.


1888. James D. Thacker, F. A. Simpson, Isaac A. Baughman, Johnson Phillips, Solomon E. Yoke, James H. Bean, Daniel H. Myers, Henry C. Myers, John B. Knapp.


1890. William A. Mason, Charles Cross, F. L. Dennison, Abraham Ware.


1893. E. V. Golden, W. G. Golden, A. J. Cline, Loyal Marsh, Isaac W. Stemple, Monroe Phillips, Enoch Moore, John M. Good, R. A. Chap- man, I. H. Miller, Edward England, John Good, L. J. R. Sandridge, J. D. Wentz, Silas Douglass, W. S. Haddix, S. M. Moore.


1894. Haymond Cade, William England, Lee M. Moore, A. J. Golden, A. E. Alexander.


1896. Monroe Shomo, Z. I. Kines, John Harris, Porter Sipe, David Nutter, R. E. Jones, George Price, M. P. Rinehart, Johnson Phillips, George W. McDaniel, Henry O'Neal, Peter T. Reed, John Purkey, H. C. Upton, Ira Harris.


1898. W. J. Lutz, Floyd Ward, Scott H. Shaw.


Justices of the Peace,


1843. David Holder, Jacob Keller, Jacob Bennett, Joseph Teter, Henry Sturm, William F. Wilson, William W. R. Callihan, Samuel Elliott, Elam D. Talbott, Isaac Booth, James T. Hartman, Abraham T. Reger, Jr.,


229


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


Jacob H. Burner, Jacob Simon, Jonathan Coburn, Absalom Knotts, Jacob Woodford, Charles Zinn, John H. Woodford, Joseph McCoy, William Shaw, Noah E. Corley, John Reger, Samuel Stalnaker, John Kelley, Michael H. Neville, George Nestor, William Johnson, Thomas Hall, Robert B. Stewart, Abraham Hudkins, Thomas Proudfoot, Robert Talbott, John Hoff, Samuel Cleavenger, Daniel Howdershelt, Absalom Hardin, David Thompson William W. Foster.


1852. Anthony H. Wells, William K. Hall, David Zinn, George W. Bedford, Henry D. Martin, William Biggs, Daniel Yeager, George W. Gall, John N. Hall, Enoch Hall, Solomon S. Leonard, Jesse Teter, Isaac W. Carper, Samuel Haddix.


1856. Joshua Glascock, Sanford Mason, Samuel Holsberry, F. J. Yowell, William W. Jones, Richard Phillips, John P. Thompson, Henry Hovatter, Henry A. Barron, Noah B. Wamsley.


1860. Edward F. Grant, David R. Poling, John Shoeyer, George K. Digman, Hiram Smith, James Proudfoot, Richard T. Talbott, Washington Martin, Joshua Wood, Matthias Benson, Joseph N. B. Crim.


1861. Anthony Rohrbaugh, Martin Myers, Samuel Kelley, Johnson Ward, Arnold Rogers, George M. Yager, Daniel Boyles, Enoch Sayers, Arnold Right.


1862. J. F. Harvey, Leonard Stout.


1863. A. P. Wilson, Aguilla J. Ward, Silas Bennett, James P. Robin- son, James Nestor, Allen V. Wilmoth, Daniel Felton.


1865. Henson L. Hoff, William Price, John Douglas, Holsberry Stal- naker, James W. George.


1867. Charles M. Groves, Michael Simon, John B. Ryan, John W. Cox, Abraham Hudkins.


1869. Samuel A. Shanabarger.


1872. Benjamin R. Greathouse, Christopher C. Hovatter, J. D. Mar- tin, Henry Deahl, Franklin E. Payne, J. W. Gawthrop, Lair D. Morrall, John Beaver.


1876. Job H. Glascock, S. M. Cornwell, E. M. Keyser, John E. Clem, A. B. Vannoy, John W. Corder.


1880. David A. Fridley, William J. Bartlett, James D. Corder, Isaac R. Murphy, Washington Phillips.


1882. F. B. Durrett, Simon Swick.


1884. M. Gainer, Phillip Ramsay, John E. McVicker, Joseph H. Lutz.


1888. George M. Kittle, E. A. Waugh, Washington Phillips, Garrison J. Stalnaker, J. W. Wheeler, William H. Swiger, John W. Greathouse, Marion Gainer, Solomon W. Harris.


1890. Ai Cleavenger, Thomas J. Patterson, Sylvanus H. Talbott.


1893. A. W Jones, Lafayette Corrick, A. D. Zirkle, D. B. Ward, E. B. Hudkins, J. C. Felton, John W. White, Jethro Bennett.


230


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


1894. James Coffman, James O'Neal, W. I. Wood, Elsworth McVicker, Franklin Phillips.


1896. W. A. Mason, Nelson H. Harris, A. Rohrbaugh, James H. Nestor, L. N. B. Paugh, William G. Keys, Alonzo G. Bartlett, Isaac I. Murphy, John W. White, D. B. Harsh, David Nutter.


1898. R. M. Nestor, T. A. Law. County Clerks,


Lair D. Morrall 1843


James T. Hartman 1858


Lewis Wilson . 1861


Luther C. Elliott 1879


Granville E. Taft.


1891


Circuit Clerks.


E. D. Wilson . 1843


L. D. Morrall 1852


David M. Myers 1863


Lewis Wilson. 1866


Jair Il Moral 1843 James y:IB aven a 1158 Lewis Wilson 1861 8 e. Elliott 1879 Frauvice Eloft 15


SIGNATURES OF BARBOUR COUNTY CLERKS.


Job H. Glascock. 1867


Isaac V. Johnson


1873


James H. Felton. 1891


R. E. Talbott.


1897


Judges.


Edwin S. Duncan 1843


David McComas 1847a


Joseph L. Fry. 1848


George H. Lee. 1850


G. D. Camden 1852


George W. Thompson 1853b


Edward P. Pitts. 1860b


W. A. Harrison 1862


SIGNATURES OF BARBOUR'S CIRCUIT


CLERKS.


T. W. Harrison. 1863


John Brannon 1873


William T. Ice 1881


A. B. Fleming. 1882c


A. B. Parsons 1885c


John Bassel 1886c


Joseph T. Hoke


1889


J. H. Holt. . . 1897


J. Hop Woods 1899f


form Nitom


I. E. Br 8.10. Wilson. 8. 12. Carla


L. L. White Lland Kitle. John B. Chorison Ms. Wilson


SIGNATURES RANDOLPHS


CIRCUIT CLERKS.


a -special for Duncan; 6-special for Camden; c-special for Ice; f-special for Judge Holt.


6. O. Wilson 1843 Po monallan D. T. Myers 1863 Lewis Wilson 186 JA Glas cock 1867


UndStan 1850 Richard & Talbott 17


231


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


Prosecuting Attorneys.


John S. Duncan 1843


George Hay Lee. 1843


Charles S. Hall 1845


G. D. Camden 1846


A. G. Dayton


1885


Daniel M. Auvil


1860


Nathan H. Taft 1861


Spencer Dayton 1863


Charles S. Lewis


1866


ES. Duncan. E. C Pitts


David MiCom .


Mat 8 amis tom). AMboun stone


Neli am I. Joe


Www Thompson


Cho Homensfile


Melville Teck


SIGNATURES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES.


Sheriffs.


Joseph McCoy. 1843


John H. Woodford.


1845


William Shaw 1847


George Nestor 1849


James E. Heatherly 1881


Henry Sturm 1851


Jacob W. Robinson 1885


John R. Williamson 1852


James A. Williamson 1887


William McClaskey 1854


William W .. Daniels


1860


James Trahern


1861


John Howell. 1895


Spencer Glascock. 1863


Augustus A. Modisett


1866


County Surveyors.


William F. Wilson 1843


Thomas Wilson 1872


Lewis Wilson


.1850


Daniel J. Taft 1885


Joseph Howes


1860


C. Cornwell 1889


Peter Johnson 1867


Alva Wolverton 1893


Orlando P. Hoff


1870


William T. Ice 1866


H. A. G. Zeigler .1868


Thomas P. R. Brown 1873


C. F. Teter 1889


Melville Peck. 1893


Charles M. Murphy 1897


Joseph J. Hooke Joseph L. Try


no Br a ann on


James Knotts. 1870


James W. Talbott. 1872


Jacob Hudkins 1873


John W. Shank. 1889


Truman T. Elliott 1893


B. B. Rohrbaugh. 1889


S. L. O'Nael 1897


232


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


Assessor .


Jacob Keller 1843


John Callihan 1844


Joseph Teter 1845


Samuel Haddix. 1867


Flavius J. Holden 1846


William M. Hays 1868


Samuel Elliott


1847


Joseph Marteney 1870


Phineas Phillips


1848


H. H. Stalnaker 1877


David Holder . 1849


Gilbert H. Himes 1885


Noah B. Wamsley 1850


William M. Simpson


.1852


Robert Talbott 1852


William B. Corder 1889


Philip Digman 1858


Isaac M. Poling 1893


Joseph Marteney 1858


Josiah L. Hawkins 1861


Samuel S. Lackney 1861


G. A. Compton 1862


School Commissoners Before the War.


Abraham Reger 1843


Joseph Rightsman 1843


James Dilworth 1843


Thos. Proudfoot.


1843


Samuel Cleavinger 1843


Lair D. Morrall 1843


Abel Morrall 1843


William Johnson 1843


Daniel Nestor 1843


Felix Ryan. 1843


Noah E. Corley


1843


Thomas Hall 1844


John H. Woodford


1844


M. J. Martin


1844


Joseph Teter


1844


Abraham Hudkins


1845


James T. Hartman


1846


Samuel Stalnaker


1846


Elias Alexander 1846


James D. Hall 1846


John R. Williamson 1847


Noah B. Wamsley 1850


Joshua W. Reeves 1850


Daniel Yager 1850


Henson L. Hoff 1852


1852


Isaiah Wilson .


1852


Daniel M. Auvil


1853


James O. Carter 1853


George W. Gall 1854


Isaac Johnson 1854


James B. McLean 8516


IT Was for @ 1846 William Shawl 1849


1852


Forwilliamson


1852


mr 168 lackey 1857 M.H. Daniels 1860 games Irahim 1861


Spencer glas cock 1863


AB hodisett 1867


Das Vinotin 1870 Ogas, is, Jolla 5 1872


1876 Q. Effeanhuny 181


O W. Kohnson 1888 1.04 Williamson 1887 DR. Thanh. 1889


1893 John Howell 1894


B.B. Owhb&h1599


SIGNATURES OF BARBOUR'S SHERIFFS,


J. W. Gawthrop 1885


George W. Heltzell 1889


John K. Murphy 1893


E. H. Compton . 1897


Isaac C. Woodford 1897


Daniel Boyles 1864


William P. Keys. 1867


Henry D. Martin


RESIDENCE OF JOHN HOPKINS WOODS.


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


235


Robert B. Stewart


1860


Sandford Mason


1860


Abraham R. Talbott 1860


Charles Mustoe


1860


County Commissioners,


Benjamin H. Woodford. 1882


James A. Williamson. 1882


William P. Keys. .1882


B. B. Durrett.


1882


A. J. Hartman


1882


Hartzel E. Hoff


1883


J. Ed. Stewart


1899


Supervisors,


George W. Gall 1863


G. A. Compton


1863


Jonas Cooper. 1863


Samuel Knapp


1863


William C. Trimble


1863


Jacob Hudkins. 1863


Joseph Teter 1864


David Zinn 1864


James Boyles. 1864


Hansford Glascock. 1865


William U. Showalter 1865


George T. Pickens 1865


Adam M. Woodford.


1866


James Nutter 1866


Samuel Holsberry 1866


N. B. White. 1866


Aquilla J. Ward 1866


Samuel Knapp .1867


A. M. Talbott 1867


John N. Hall 1867


Joseph K. Baker 1867


Jesse Fitzwater 1867


Simon Buckingham 1868


Levi H. Cross 1868


William J. Bartlett 1868


F. G. W. Ford


1869


David H. Townsend


1869


Andrew J. Wilmoth. 1870


Isaac Hovatter


1870


Jacob Bennett.


1870


John W. Corder


1871


A. B. Vannoy


1872


E. T. Brandon


1872


G. Wence 1863 Is. a. Cosme 1020 18 64 games 1864


Bangles 1864. ofis re Showalles) 1866 A UNorafor01867 Um & Trimble 186 Estm N. ADD all 1869 13 White 1867


Ng Barato 1870


SIGNATURES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.


School Superintendents.


Lair D. Morrall. 1847


Peter Zinn 1864 Levi Johnson. 1864


Robert A. McClutcheon 1869


Simon Buckingham


1872


Perry Marteney


1875


W. D. Zinn


1885


John L. Malcom


.1887


Simon S. Talbott 1889


M. C. Lough


1891


George C. Poling 1893


Charles I. Zirkle


1895


Le Roy V. Holsberry


1899


.


F. J. Yowell 1885


H. H. Stalnaker 1887


M. D. Riley


1891


Thomas B. Mason


1893


Willis Lantz.


1897


Isaac Martin 1883


236


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS. Early Prices of Farm Stock.


Prices of some kinds of farm stock have changed since the early days of Barbour County, as will be shown by the following extracts from the records. In June, 1844, at a sale of the property of William Proudfoot, who had recently died, the sums realized seem small in comparison with present values:


2 steers $13.00


9 hogs. ฿ 7.50


3 yearlings and 1 calf. 10.50


20 geese


2.00


3 cows.


25.50


30 bushels of corn. 11.25


3 horses and 1 colt. 66.12


31 head of sheep. 14.98


2loom 2.00


The estate of Martin Life, who had also recently died, was settled by appraising and selling his personal property. The sale took place Febru- ary 22, 1845, and the following list will show the value placed by the appraisers and the amount realized at the sale:


NAME OF ARTICLE.


APPRAISED AT.


SOLD FOR.


1 wagon.


$15.00. $10.00


11 head of sheep.


9.00


9.16


1 sorrel mare 20.00.


9.10


1 grey mare. 20.00. 5.51


1 grey mare 18.00.


3.01


1 cow


8.00. 6.00


8.00


5.00


1 wooden clock.


8.00 3.50


In 1847 the property of William Chrislip, deceased, was appraised by order of Court, and the following items are selected, with the values given them:


8 head 2-year-old cattle $56.00


1 yoke of 4-year-old oxen. $30.00


6 yearling cattle 24.00


.3 .6 66


30.00


1 sorrel mare, blind of one eye 25.00


14 head of sheep. 14.00


1 red cow with white face. 12.00


9 head of lambs. 4.50


4 sows and pigs


1 red-sided, white-backed cow 10.00


1 old saddle


1.50


CHAPTER XX.


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THE CIVIL WAR IN BARBOUR.


The amount of fighting in Barbour County during the Civil War was not large in comparison with southern and eastern counties; yet Barbour occupies a place in history different from others because here was fought the first important engagement. It was not the first fighting, for prior to that time there had been encounters at Gloucester Point, Baltimore, and Sewell's Point, but the action of Philippi June 3, 1861, is regarded as the opening fight of the war.


Causes and events leading up to this great struggle are outlined in former chapters of this book, as far as West Virginia was immediately con- cerned; and in this chapter affairs of Barbour County will be specially con- sidered. An effort has been made to collect and set down a plain statement of facts concerning the movement within Barbour County immediately pre- ceding and during the Civil War. When Virginia seceded from the Union, the people of Barbour divided into hostile camps. In fact they had divided into parties before that time, one loyal to the Union, the other loyal to Virginia whether in the Union or out. The vote on the Ordinance of Se- cession showed that a majority were secessionists, but the majority was not large. No record of the vote is found in Barbour. Before that election there were nearly one thousand Confederate troops in Barbour, under Col- onel Porterfield, and their presence had an influence in augmenting the vote of the secessionists. Prior to that time several meetings had been held in the county by those in sympathy with secession, and only one meet- ing had been held by Union men. As early as January 25, 1861, Thomas . A. Bradford and Samuel Woods announced themselves candidates for elec- tion as delegates to the Richmond Convention, which subsequently passed the Ordinance of Secession; but to be a candidate, at that time, did not imply that they favored secession. Therefore each candidate issued a circular informing the people how he stood on the vital issues. The following is an extract from the circular by Mr. Woods:


"The Union of the United States is a Union of independent sovereignties, except V so far as they have surrendered portions of their sovereignty to the Confederacy of the United States for the purposes specified in the Constitution of the United States. Every State adopted the Constitution of the United States as part and parcel of the State constitution. It may of right assume all its rights and sovereignty for such causes


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as it may deem sufficient for itself without giving just cause of offense to any other State that may decline to do so. The allegiance which the citizens of each State owe to the Federal Government of the United States is subordinate to that due to each State. and may be lawfully withdrawn by each State whenever it may deem it to its interest to do so. When any State exercises these rights by seceding from the present Union of the United States, every citizen of such State is bound to render obedience and alle- giance to it alone. There exists no lawful authority in any government, State or Fed- eral, to coerce any State to return to the Union that may have in its sovereign capacity seceded from It, and any attempt to do so is an invasion of the sovereignty of such State, and Is equivalent to a declaration of war against it and ought to be resisted at every hazard and to the last extremity. The Constitution of the United States, while its pro- visions have been observed, has given to the people peace and security at home and power and influence abroad; and if preserved will give the same to our posterity. Every effort and saerifiee, not Inconsistent with the sovereign rights and honor of Virginia, should be made to preserve the same from destruction."


Mr. Bradford was considered the secession candidate while Mr. Woods was looked upon as more favorable to the preservation of the Union. Mr. Bradford announced his platform January 21, 1861, in a circular from which the following is an extract:


"I hold that, although the Federal Constitution ereated a government, yet that government and that constitution were as much dependent upon the will of the people of the several States for its creation and perpetuation as any other constitution in the country. The constitution was ratified by the individual States, each acting for Itself as an independent sovereignty, and when the powers delegated by that constitution are perverted to the injury and oppression of any or either of the States, they have the indisputable right to resume them. This right to resume the power delegated to the Federal government was expressly reserved in the ordinance of the Virginia convention which ratified the constitution. This is a right which has always been held saered by the people of Virginia because it furnished them with a remedy against unbridled majorities. If it be not so, and if the separate States do not enjoy this right, then the idea of State rights and State sovereignty, which has always been the Polar Star of Virginia politics, is a delusive dream, and this a great, consolidated government. But, if a State does seeede, has the Federal Government the constitutional right or power to eoerce her into submission? I think not. Coercion is war, and the President has not the power to make war upon any country, much less one of the original parties to the Federal compact. Coercion is disunion, certain, inevitable and irreversible; and this state of things I maintain no President, under the flimsy pretext of enforcing the laws, has a right to precipitate upon the country. I believe it is the duty of Virginia to . present an unbroken front to her enemies and demand with stern determination all the rights which belong to her and her southern sisters. These rights should be guaranteed upon a basis so firm and stable that the recurrence of our present troubles would be placed beyond the reach of Northern aggression. If we fail in this, I am for Virginia's resuming the powers she delegated to the General Government, and forming such other government as may best secure the liberty, safety and happiness of her people.




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