The following information was provided by Joel Hager - MAJ Hager hagerj@us.army.mil – On 6/9/2003
Thank you Joel, for sharing your records.
I had to make the corrections in the marriages of Carolyn. She first married my father, then Leonard, then
Bill - and on Carolyn’s birth date. I also included her death date info.
Ancestors of Carolyn Ann Curry
Generation No. 1
1. Carolyn Ann Curry, born Abt. 1938; died June 08, 2003 in Orange Park, Duval County, Florida. She was the
daughter of 2. Raymond Martin Curry and 3. Anna E. 'Pat' Murphy. She married (1) Bill Pittenger. He was born Bef.
1938. She married (2) Howard Landis Brady April 1957. He was born Bef. 1938. She married (3) Leonard Johnson Aft.
1960. He was born Bef. 1938.
More About Howard Brady and Carolyn Curry:
Marriage: April 1957
Children were: Robert Martin BRADY – b. 1958; Londa Beth BRADY – b. 1959
6/10/2003 RmB CORRECTIONS –
1. Carolyn Ann Curry, born 10-23-1938 (Charleston, WV); died 8-6-1996 (Cremated) in Orange Park, Duval County,
Florida.
2. Marriages - She married (1) Howard Landis Brady April 1957. He was born 10-24-1935 – Cairo, WV. She
married (2) Leonard Johnson Aft. 1960. (Two boys by this marriage: Scott & Jay). Leonard was born Bef. 1938.
She married (3) Bill Pittenger. He was born Bef. 1938.
Generation No. 2
2. Raymond Martin Curry, born June 13, 1903 in Boone County, West Virginia; died April 25, 1977 in Melbourne,
Florida. He was the son of 4. Robert Leander Curry and 5. Caroline Price. He married 3. Anna E. 'Pat' Murphy.
3. Anna E. 'Pat' Murphy, born November 30, 1905 in Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia; died June 1971 in
Melbourne, Florida. She was the daughter of 6. Unknown Murphy and 7. Unknown.
Only Child of Raymond Curry and Anna Murphy is:
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i.
Carolyn Ann Curry, born 10-23-1938; died June 08, 2003 in Orange Park, Duval County, Florida; married (1) Bill
Pittenger; married (2) Howard Landis Brady April 1957; married (3) Leonard Johnson Aft. 1960.
Generation No. 3
4. Robert Leander Curry, born August 1858 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1930. He was the son of 8.
Unknown and 9. Martha Curry. He married 5. Caroline Price April 16, 1896 in Boone County, West Virginia.
5. Caroline Price, born July 1866 in Boone County, West Virginia; died Aft. 1930. She was the daughter of 10.
Benjamin F. Price and 11. Eliza Louise Bias.
More About Robert Curry and Caroline Price:
Marriage: April 16, 1896, Boone County, West Virginia
Children of Robert Curry and Caroline Price are:
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i. Mattie Curry, born Abt. 1899; married Benjamin F. Buzzard.
ii. Raymond Martin Curry, born June 13, 1903 in Boone County, West Virginia; died April 25, 1977 in Florida; married (1)
Anna E. 'Pat' Murphy; married (2) Rosa May Miller.
6. Unknown Murphy He married 7. Unknown.
7. Unknown, born Bef. 1860; died Abt. 1957.
Child of Unknown Murphy and Unknown is:
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i.
Anna E. 'Pat' Murphy, born November 30, 1905 in Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia; died June 1971 in Florida;
married Raymond Martin Curry.
Generation No. 4
8. Unknown He met 9. Martha Curry.
9. Martha Curry, born Abt. 1839 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia. She was the daughter of 18. Samuel Curry and
19. Arrena S. Hill.
Children of Unknown and Martha Curry are:
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i.
Robert Leander Curry, born August 1858 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1930; married (1) Olive Frances
Adkins June 30, 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia; married (2) Caroline Price April 16, 1896 in Boone County,
West Virginia.
ii. Gilbert Curry, born Abt. 1861 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married Elizabeth Jane Comer; born June 28, 1862.
10. Benjamin F. Price, born November 21, 1843 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May 22, 1916. He was the son
of 20. Peter Price and 21. Mary 'Polly' Dolin. He married 11. Eliza Louise Bias Abt. 1863 in Boone County, (West)
Virginia.
11. Eliza Louise Bias, born May 10, 1844 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May 07, 1900 in Madison, Boone
County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of 22. Simeon Fernandes Bias and 23. Delilah Miller.
More About Benjamin Price and Eliza Bias:
Marriage: Abt. 1863, Boone County, (West) Virginia
Children of Benjamin Price and Eliza Bias are:
i.
Mary Ann Price, born December 1864 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married William D. Woodrum Abt. 1882;
born February 1862 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
More About William Woodrum and Mary Price:
Marriage: Abt. 1882
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ii. Caroline Price, born July 1866 in Boone County, West Virginia; died Aft. 1930; married (1) Richard B. Chambers Bef.
1889; married (2) Robert Leander Curry April 16, 1896 in Boone County, West Virginia.
iii. William R. Price, born Abt. 1868 in Boone County, West Virginia; married Ella Johnson; born Aft. 1868.
iv. Oscar Fenton Price, born March 1870 in Boone County, West Virginia; married Maude Unknown.
v. Leona D. Price, born April 10, 1872 in Boone County, West Virginia; died July 15, 1931; married John W. Cary Abt.
1897 in Boone County, West Virginia; born August 1875 in (West) Virginia.
More About John Cary and Leona Price:
Marriage: Abt. 1897, Boone County, West Virginia
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Fannie D. Price, born March 09, 1874 in Boone County, West Virginia; married John W. Hartman; born Bef. 1874.
John W. Price, born Abt. 1876 in Boone County, West Virginia.
Benjamin Price, born Abt. 1878 in Boone County, West Virginia; died February 01, 1888 in Boone County, West
Virginia.
Louella B. Price, born April 22, 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia; married Edgar Peal; born Bef. 1880.
Female Price, born August 04, 1885 in Boone County, West Virginia; died in Died Young.
Ira D. Price, born August 1886 in Boone County, West Virginia; died 1961; married Icy B. Miller; born March 1889;
died 1961.
Generation No. 5
18. Samuel Curry, born Abt. 1803 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1891 in Boone County, West Virginia.
He was the son of 36. James Curry and 37. Mary Brooking. He married 19. Arrena S. Hill in Kanawha County, (West)
Virginia.
19. Arrena S. Hill, born Abt. 1814 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died Aft. 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Samuel Curry and Arrena Hill:
Marriage: Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Children of Samuel Curry and Arrena Hill are:
i.
Lucy Curry, born Abt. 1832 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; married Silas Cochran; born Abt. 1831 in Kanawha
County, (West) Virginia.
ii. Nancy Curry, born April 22, 1836 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died 1933; married Rev. Edward Everett
Harless December 25, 1856 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; born April 22, 1826 in Giles County, Virginia; died Aft.
1916.
More About Nancy Curry:
Burial: Vickers Cemetery, Pinch, Kanawha County, West Virginia
More About Rev. Edward Everett Harless:
Burial: Vickers Cemetery, Pinch, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Occupation: Baptist Minister
More About Edward Harless and Nancy Curry:
Marriage: December 25, 1856, Boone County, (West) Virginia
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iii. Martha Curry, born Abt. 1839 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; met Unknown.
iv. Arrena Curry, born Abt. 1840 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; married B. B. Hutchinson November 18, 1860 in
Boone County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1824 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About B. Hutchinson and Arrena Curry:
Marriage: November 18, 1860, Boone County, (West) Virginia
v.
Virginia Curry, born March 1843 in Kanawah County, (West) Virginia; married Isaac Perdue Abt. 1876; born February
1828 in Giles County, Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Isaac Perdue and Virginia Curry:
Marriage: Abt. 1876
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Lemuel Curry, born Abt. 1844 in Kanawah County, (West) Virginia.
Jane Curry, born Abt. 1846 in Kanawah County, (West) Virginia; married Henry Alexander Miller July 16, 1866; born
June 1844 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died 1931.
More About Henry Miller and Jane Curry:
Marriage: July 16, 1866
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Mary 'Polly' Curry, born Abt. 1848 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married Joseph Carpenter; born Abt. 1845.
Elizabeth Curry, born March 06, 1853 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died October 20, 1934; married David Green
April 29, 1885; born December 17, 1839 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died June 14, 1894 in Boone County,
West Virginia.
More About David Green and Elizabeth Curry:
Marriage: April 29, 1885
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Eliza Curry, born October 1854; married John Thomas Perdue Abt. 1876; born October 1854 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; died 1913.
More About John Perdue and Eliza Curry:
Marriage: Abt. 1876
20. Peter Price, born Abt. 1789 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died June 08, 1879 in Boone County, West Virginia. He
was the son of 40. Benjamin Price and 41. Eleanor 'Nellie' Smoot. He married 21. Mary 'Polly' Dolin Bef. 1841 in Logan
County, (West) Virginia.
21. Mary 'Polly' Dolin, born Abt. 1810 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1877 in Boone County, West
Virginia. She was the daughter of 42. John B. 'Jack' Dolin, Sr. and 43. Mary 'Polly' Barker.
More About Peter Price and Mary Dolin:
Marriage: Bef. 1841, Logan County, (West) Virginia
Children of Peter Price and Mary Dolin are:
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i. John S. Price, born Abt. 1842 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died 1900.
ii. Benjamin F. Price, born November 21, 1843 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May 22, 1916; married Eliza
Louise Bias Abt. 1863 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
iii. Saul Price, born August 1844 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died October 02, 1893 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married Eleanor 'Ellen' Bias September 28, 1865 in at Benjamin Price residence, Boone County, (West)
Virginia; born December 10, 1845 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May 25, 1933 in Hernshaw, Kanawha
County, West Virginia.
More About Saul Price:
Burial: Price Cemetery, Uneeda, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Eleanor 'Ellen' Bias:
Burial: Price Cemetery, Uneeda, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Saul Price and Eleanor Bias:
Marriage: September 28, 1865, at Benjamin Price residence, Boone County, (West) Virginia
iv.
William Price, born December 12, 1845 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died October 24, 1927; married Mary Ann
Griffith Abt. 1865; born Abt. 1845 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died July 22, 1926.
More About William Price and Mary Griffith:
Marriage: Abt. 1865
v.
Lydia 'Julia' Price, born Abt. 1846 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married Richard L. Woodrum Abt. 1866 in Boone
County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1845 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
More About Richard Woodrum and Lydia Price:
Marriage: Abt. 1866, Boone County, (West) Virginia
vi.
Nancy Price, born October 1847 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died 1919; married Ervin Green November 24,
1870; born December 1847 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died 1910.
More About Ervin Green and Nancy Price:
Marriage: November 24, 1870
vii.
Mary Price, born January 01, 1853 in Pond Fork, Boone County, (West) Virginia; married O. Hansford Miller Abt.
1873; born July 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died 1922.
More About O. Miller and Mary Price:
Marriage: Abt. 1873
viii.
Peter Price, born September 27, 1854 in Pond Fork, Boone County, West Virginia; married Nancy E. Green October 26,
1874; born Abt. 1858 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died 1942.
More About Peter Price and Nancy Green:
Marriage: October 26, 1874
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Thomas Price, born April 15, 1857 in Pond Fork, Boone County, West Virginia; married Telicia Ann Green; born Abt.
1862 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died 1937.
22. Simeon Fernandes Bias, born December 10, 1821 in Cabell (Logan) County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in
Boone County, West Virginia. He was the son of 44. Obediah 'Old Obediah' Bias, Jr. and 45. Rachel B. Smith. He married
23. Delilah Miller Abt. 1841.
23. Delilah Miller, born August 20, 1824 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died January 06, 1904 in Boone County,
West Virginia. She was the daughter of 46. Colonel John Miller and 47. Elizabeth A. Mitchell.
More About Simeon Bias and Delilah Miller:
Marriage: Abt. 1841
Children of Simeon Bias and Delilah Miller are:
i.
Mary Ann Bias, born March 01, 1843 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married William R. Chambers November 15,
1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1838 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
More About William Chambers and Mary Bias:
Marriage: November 15, 1860, Boone County, (West) Virginia
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ii. Eliza Louise Bias, born May 10, 1844 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May 07, 1900 in Madison, Boone County,
West Virginia; married Benjamin F. Price Abt. 1863 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
iii. Eleanor 'Ellen' Bias, born December 10, 1845 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May 25, 1933 in Hernshaw,
Kanawha County, West Virginia; married (1) Saul Price September 28, 1865 in at Benjamin Price residence, Boone
County, (West) Virginia; born August 1844 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died October 02, 1893 in Boone County,
West Virginia; married (2) Evan Griffith 1905.
More About Eleanor 'Ellen' Bias:
Burial: Price Cemetery, Uneeda, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Saul Price:
Burial: Price Cemetery, Uneeda, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Saul Price and Eleanor Bias:
Marriage: September 28, 1865, at Benjamin Price residence, Boone County, (West) Virginia
iv.
John Henry 'Cob' Bias, born April 12, 1849 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; died February 13, 1942 in Ohio; married
(1) Edna Lake January 08, 1876 in Boone County, West Virginia; born May 11, 1856 in Spruce of Little Coal, Boone
County, (West) Virginia; died September 01, 1888 in Boone County, West Virginia; married (2) Lucinda Baisden
December 28, 1889 in Boone County, West Virginia; born March 21, 1855 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died May
06, 1941; met (3) Virgie Mae Booth Bef. 1915; born February 1887 in Lincoln County, West Virginia; died February 16,
1961 in Madison Hospital, Boone County, West Virginia.
More About John Bias and Edna Lake:
Marriage: January 08, 1876, Boone County, West Virginia
v.
William F. Bias, born February 08, 1852 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married Ellender 'Ellen' Vance June 16,
1878 in Boone County, West Virginia; born April 1862 in (West) Virginia.
More About William Bias and Ellender Vance:
Marriage: June 16, 1878, Boone County, West Virginia
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David F. Bias, born March 22, 1855 in Spruce Fork, Boone County, (West) Virginia; died April 13, 1918; married (1)
Nancy J. Pauley May 31, 1878 in Boone County, West Virginia; born August 12, 1861 in Boone County, (West)
Virginia; died September 08, 1906; married (2) Rebecca Estep Aft. 1900; born February 1882.
More About David F. Bias:
Burial: Pauley-Bias Cemetery, Spruce Laurel, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Nancy J. Pauley:
Burial: Pauley-Bias Cemetery, Spruce Laurel, Boone County, West Virginia
More About David Bias and Nancy Pauley:
Marriage: May 31, 1878, Boone County, West Virginia
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Sarah Jane Bias, born June 15, 1858 in Spruce Fork, Boone County, (West) Virginia; married William R. 'Bud' Griffith
May 12, 1874 in Boone County, West Virginia; born June 1851 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
More About William Griffith and Sarah Bias:
Marriage: May 12, 1874, Boone County, West Virginia
viii.
Martha J. Bias, born Abt. 1864 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married Rev. John Charles Thomas March 14, 1882;
born Bef. 1864.
More About John Thomas and Martha Bias:
Marriage: March 14, 1882
ix.
Risby Bias
Generation No. 6
36. James Curry, born Abt. 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia; died Abt. 1832. He was the son of 72. Samuel Curry
and 73. Unknown. He married 37. Mary Brooking February 19, 1795.
37. Mary Brooking, born Abt. 1781 in Humphrey's Run, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1860.
She was the daughter of 74. Charles Brooking and 75. Nancy Ann.
More About James Curry and Mary Brooking:
Marriage: February 19, 1795
Children of James Curry and Mary Brooking are:
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i. Jane Irwin Curry, born Abt. 1798.
ii. Samuel Curry, born Abt. 1803 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1891 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Arrena S. Hill in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia.
iii. Charles W. Curry, born Abt. 1806.
iv. Elizabeth Curry, born Abt. 1807.
v. St. Clair Curry, born Abt. 1810.
vi. Isaiah Curry, born Abt. 1812.
vii. William Vass Curry, born Abt. 1818; married Jane Young McCallister; born Aft. 1818.
viii. Rhoda Curry, born Abt. 1819.
40. Benjamin Price, born October 10, 1749 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died January 16, 1838 in Logan (Boone)
County, (West) Virginia. He married 41. Eleanor 'Nellie' Smoot Abt. 1775 in St. Marys County, Maryland.
41. Eleanor 'Nellie' Smoot, born Abt. 1754 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died July 21, 1843 in Madison, Logan
(Boone) County, (West) Virginia. She was the daughter of 82. John Smoot and 83. Unknown.
More About Benjamin Price and Eleanor Smoot:
Marriage: Abt. 1775, St. Marys County, Maryland
Children of Benjamin Price and Eleanor Smoot are:
i.
Thomas Price, born Abt. 1777 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died Aft. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia;
married Elizabeth Dahoney April 02, 1805 in Orange County, Virginia; born Bef. 1787; died Bef. 1850 in Boone
County, (West) Virginia.
More About Thomas Price and Elizabeth Dahoney:
Marriage: April 02, 1805, Orange County, Virginia
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ii. Saul Price, born Abt. 1787 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died Aft. 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
iii. Peter Price, born Abt. 1789 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died June 08, 1879 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Mary 'Polly' Dolin Bef. 1841 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
iv. Chloe Price, born Abt. 1790 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died Aft. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married
Henry Mumford DeJournett; born Abt. 1770 in North Carolina; died Abt. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
v. Frances Ann 'Fannie' Price, born Bef. 1792; died in Missouri; married Abner Abbott; born Bef. 1770 in King & Queen
County, Virginia; died Bef. April 21, 1836 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
vi. Vernon Price, born Abt. 1794 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died 1867 in Boone County, West Virginia; married
Margaret Hill; born Abt. 1795 in Montgomery County, Virginia.
vii. Tuncil Price, born September 12, 1801 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died February 13, 1871 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married Francis J. Workman Bef. 1824 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1810 in Kanawha County,
(West) Virginia; died Aft. 1870.
More About Tuncil Price:
Burial: Ridgelawn, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia
More About Tuncil Price and Francis Workman:
Marriage: Bef. 1824, Logan County, (West) Virginia
42. John B. 'Jack' Dolin, Sr., born Abt. 1775; died Aft. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia. He married 43. Mary
'Polly' Barker.
43. Mary 'Polly' Barker, born Abt. 1783; died Bef. 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia. She was the daughter of 86.
James Barker and 87. Mary Smith.
Children of John Dolin and Mary Barker are:
i.
Peter Dolin, born Abt. 1805 in Buckingham County, Virginia; died June 1868 in Boone County, West Virginia; married
Nancy Halstead Bef. 1842 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1822 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died
Abt. 1894 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Peter Dolin and Nancy Halstead:
Marriage: Bef. 1842, Logan County, (West) Virginia
ii. James 'Jackie' Dolin, born Abt. 1810 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died May 28, 1871 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married (1) Chloe Kessinger Abt. 1834; born Abt. 1812 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died April 1860 in
Boone County, (West) Virginia; married (2) Elizabeth Frances Holstein August 21, 1866 in Boone County, (West)
Virginia; born September 1843 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died March 1927.
More About James Dolin and Chloe Kessinger:
Marriage: Abt. 1834
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iii. Mary 'Polly' Dolin, born Abt. 1810 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1877 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married Peter Price Bef. 1841 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
iv. Elizabeth Dolin, born Abt. 1803; died Abt. 1850; married Peter Van Rensalear Curtis Bef. 1825; born Abt. 1800 in New
York.
More About Peter Curtis and Elizabeth Dolin:
Marriage: Bef. 1825
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Andrew Jackson Dolin, born Abt. 1820 in Kanawha County, West Virginia; died Aft. 1891; married Judith Kessinger
Abt. 1844; born February 1820 in Kanawha (Logan) County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in Boone County, West
Virginia.
More About Andrew Dolin and Judith Kessinger:
Marriage: Abt. 1844
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vii.
Hiram Dolin, Sr., born Abt. 1820 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died Bef. 1870; married Sarah Miller; born Abt.
1821 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
John Dolin, Jr., born September 1826 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died September 10, 1913 in Boone County,
West Virginia; married Jane Halstead Abt. 1850; born September 20, 1832 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died
December 03, 1902 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About John Dolin and Jane Halstead:
Marriage: Abt. 1850
44. Obediah 'Old Obediah' Bias, Jr., born Abt. 1790 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died 1849 in Hewett, Boone
County, (West) Virginia. He was the son of 88. Obediah Bias and 89. Shelia. He married 45. Rachel B. Smith.
45. Rachel B. Smith, born Abt. 1791 in Greenbrier County, Virginia; died Aft. 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
Children of Obediah Bias and Rachel Smith are:
i.
Sarah Bias, born Abt. 1815 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died Bef. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia;
married Lewis Hager Abt. 1832 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1812 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia;
died Aft. 1880 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
More About Lewis Hager and Sarah Bias:
Marriage: Abt. 1832, Logan County, (West) Virginia
ii. Anthony Armstrong Bias, born Abt. 1816 in Cabell (Logan) County, (West) Virginia; died March 19, 1882 in Boone
County, West Virginia; married Susannah Miller Abt. March 23, 1842 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt.
1819 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Anthony Bias and Susannah Miller:
Marriage: Abt. March 23, 1842, Logan County, (West) Virginia
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iii. Jack Bias, born Abt. 1816; died June 08, 1894 in Putnam County, West Virginia.
iv. Simeon Fernandes Bias, born December 10, 1821 in Cabell (Logan) County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in Boone
County, West Virginia; married Delilah Miller Abt. 1841.
v. Martin Bias, born Abt. 1824 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married Armilda Bias December 26, 1841 in Cabell
County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1822 in Amherst County, Virginia; died 1856 in Guyan Creek, Cabell County,
(West) Virginia.
More About Martin Bias:
Residence: Bef. 1860, Moved West
More About Martin Bias and Armilda Bias:
Marriage: December 26, 1841, Cabell County, (West) Virginia
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Chloe Bias, born Abt. 1827 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died 1889 in Logan County, West Virginia; married
Burwell S. Chambers; born Abt. 1827 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in Roane County, West
Virginia.
More About Chloe Bias:
Burial: Sweetland, Lincoln County, West Virginia
Census: 1880, Logan County, West Virginia
More About Burwell S. Chambers:
Burial: Sweetland, Lincoln County, West Virginia
vii.
William S. 'Billy Buck' Bias, born October 27, 1828 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died February 28, 1913; married
Julia Ann Adkins Abt. 1854; born Abt. 1837 in Mud River, Logan County, (West) Virginia; died August 02, 1917.
More About William S. 'Billy Buck' Bias:
Burial: Cal Bias Cemetery, Hewett, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Julia Ann Adkins:
Burial: Cal Bias Cemetery, Hewett, Boone County, West Virginia
More About William Bias and Julia Adkins:
Marriage: Abt. 1854
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Temperence 'Tempy' Bias, born Abt. 1833 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died September 09, 1884; married Jordan
Nelson; born November 20, 1828 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died November 30, 1922 in Bluefield, Mercer
County, West Virginia.
Notes for Jordan Nelson:
He discovered and was the first user of the world famous Pocahontas Coal. He died at the age of 94 and was virtually
deaf and blind for several years, but still retained his faculties at intervals.
The Pocahontas Coal later became the worlds richest coal field. Mr. Nelson opened the first mine, burned the first
Pocahontas coal and conducted the first retail coal business in this section. He mined a fourteen-foot seam behind his
blacksmith shop and peddled the coal through the mountains in half bushel sacks lashed to the back of a horse, which he
sold for one cent. He once gave an old mule and a muzzle loading shotgun for 300 acres which he later sold for $20,000
and now worth much more. One of the farms he formerly owned included the present town of Pocahontas.
More About Jordan Nelson:
Burial: December 02, 1922, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia
ix.
Calvary 'Cal' Bias, born March 03, 1833 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died March 05, 1923 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married (1) Julia Ann H. Perry August 02, 1855 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; born April 03, 1835 in
Logan County, (West) Virginia; died December 15, 1897 in Hewett Creek, Boone County, West Virginia; married (2)
Rosella Nichols September 08, 1904 in Logan County, West Virginia; born Abt. 1881 in Logan County, West Virginia;
died Aft. 1937.
More About Calvary 'Cal' Bias:
Military: Civil War Veteran
More About Calvary Bias and Julia Perry:
Marriage: August 02, 1855, Boone County, (West) Virginia
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Arrisba 'Rissa' Bias, born April 1837 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in Boone County, (West)
Virginia; married John Wesley Smith December 25, 1858 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; born January 1828 in
Randolph County, North Carolina; died Aft. 1900 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About John Smith and Arrisba Bias:
Marriage: December 25, 1858, Boone County, (West) Virginia
46. Colonel John Miller, born Abt. 1793 in Indian Creek, Monroe County, Virginia; died Abt. 1836 in Kanawha County,
(West) Virginia. He was the son of 92. Michael Miller and 93. Mary Elizabeth 'Dolly' Smith. He married 47. Elizabeth A.
Mitchell March 23, 1812 in Monroe County, Virginia.
47. Elizabeth A. Mitchell, born Abt. 1792 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died Aft. 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia.
She was the daughter of 94. Joshua Mitchell and 95. Elizabeth Stigger Stiggard.
More About Colonel John Miller:
Military: Colonel in War of 1812
More About John Miller and Elizabeth Mitchell:
Marriage: March 23, 1812, Monroe County, Virginia
Children of John Miller and Elizabeth Mitchell are:
i.
Colonel Ezekiel S. Miller, born February 21, 1813 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married Susannah Mitchell
March 21, 1837 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born August 17, 1820 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About Ezekiel Miller and Susannah Mitchell:
Marriage: March 21, 1837, Logan County, (West) Virginia
ii. Elizabeth Jane 'Betsey' Miller, born Abt. 1816 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died Aft. 1884 in Kansas; married (1) Jesse
Lewis in Lincoln County, West Virginia; born Abt. 1800 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1870 in Gallia
County, Ohio; married (2) Major John Morgan 'Jack' Hager Abt. 1836 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt.
1811 in Spruce Fork, Kanawha (Boone) County, (West) Virginia.; died April 23, 1865 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia.
More About Elizabeth Jane 'Betsey' Miller:
Residence: 1884, Resided in Kansas.
More About Major John Morgan 'Jack' Hager:
Burial: Mud River, Lincoln County, West Virginia
Census: 1850, Annotated Census Boone Co., Virginia
More About John Hager and Elizabeth Miller:
Marriage: Abt. 1836, Logan County, (West) Virginia
iii. Catherine Miller, born Abt. 1818 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died August 26, 1882 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married Rev. Joshua Mitchell March 15, 1835 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born April 10, 1817 in
Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died March 22, 1885 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Joshua Mitchell and Catherine Miller:
Marriage: March 15, 1835, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
iv.
Susannah Miller, born Abt. 1819 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Anthony Armstrong Bias Abt. March 23, 1842 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1816 in Cabell
(Logan) County, (West) Virginia; died March 19, 1882 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Anthony Bias and Susannah Miller:
Marriage: Abt. March 23, 1842, Logan County, (West) Virginia
v.
Sarah Miller, born July 1827 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died August 11, 1906 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Calvary 'Cap' Hatfield March 21, 1837 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1819 in Cabell County,
(West) Virginia; died February 28, 1873.
More About Sarah Miller:
Burial: Reuben Conley Cemetery, Big Branch, Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Calvary 'Cap' Hatfield:
Burial: Reuben Conley Cemetery, Big Branch, Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Calvary Hatfield and Sarah Miller:
Marriage: March 21, 1837, Logan County, (West) Virginia
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vii.
viii.
Delilah Miller, born August 20, 1824 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died January 06, 1904 in Boone County, West
Virginia; married Simeon Fernandes Bias Abt. 1841.
Polly Miller, born Abt. 1827 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married (1) James Howard Vance, Jr.; born Abt. 1829 in
Tazewell County, Virginia; married (2) James Lewis; born Bef. 1827.
Louisa E. Miller, born Abt. 1829 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died Bef. 1900 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married John Floyd Ball Bef. 1849 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; born January 1827 in Monroe County, (West)
Virginia; died February 04, 1901 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Louisa E. Miller:
Burial: Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia
More About John Floyd Ball:
Burial: Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia
More About John Ball and Louisa Miller:
Marriage: Bef. 1849, Boone County, (West) Virginia
ix.
Virginia 'Jane' Miller, born Abt. 1831 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married (1) Isaac Vance Abt. 1849 in (West)
Virginia; born Abt. 1827 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died Abt. 1863 in Murdered during the Civil War, reputedly by
Jordan Nelson.; married (2) Fernandes Thompson Abt. 1867 in Boone County, West Virginia; born Abt. 1848 in Boone
County, (West) Virginia; married (3) Fry Lucas Aft. 1869; born January 1820 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died
Abt. 1900 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Isaac Vance and Virginia Miller:
Marriage: Abt. 1849, (West) Virginia
x.
Lavina Miller, born November 1833 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1900 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Christopher H. Lake April 24, 1855 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1826 in Monroe County,
(West) Virginia; died Bef. 1900 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Christopher Lake and Lavina Miller:
Marriage: April 24, 1855, Boone County, (West) Virginia
xi.
Benjamin S. Miller, born Abt. 1836 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married Nancy Jane Ball Abt. 1869; born June
1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
More About Benjamin Miller and Nancy Ball:
Marriage: Abt. 1869
Generation No. 7
72. Samuel Curry, born Bef. 1751. He married 73. Unknown.
73. Unknown, born Bef. 1751.
Children of Samuel Curry and Unknown are:
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i.
James Curry, born Abt. 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia; died Abt. 1832; married (1) Mary Erwin March 27, 1786 in
Augusta County, Virginia; married (2) Mary Brooking February 19, 1795.
ii. Isaiah Curry, born Abt. 1780 in Augusta County, Virginia; died Abt. 1833 in Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana;
married Catherine Van Trump January 24, 1803 in Augusta County, Virginia; born Bef. 1785.
More About Isaiah Curry and Catherine Van Trump:
Marriage: January 24, 1803, Augusta County, Virginia
74. Charles Brooking, born Abt. 1757 in Rockingham County, Virginia; died Aft. 1799 in Monroe County, (West)
Virginia. He married 75. Nancy Ann Abt. 1777 in Culpeper County, Virginia.
75. Nancy Ann, born Bef. 1753 in Virginia.
More About Charles Brooking and Nancy:
Marriage: Abt. 1777, Culpeper County, Virginia
Children of Charles Brooking and Nancy are:
i.
Susan Brooking, born Abt. 1777 in Monroe County, Virginia; died Aft. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married
John Lawrence November 26, 1803; born Bef. 1777; died Bef. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
More About John Lawrence and Susan Brooking:
Marriage: November 26, 1803
ii. Rhoda Brooking, born Abt. 1779 in Virginia; died February 19, 1854 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married
Henry Miller May 27, 1799 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born January 16, 1774 in Rockbridge County, Virginia;
died 1862 in Old Monroe, Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About Henry Miller and Rhoda Brooking:
Marriage: May 27, 1799, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
iii. Nancy Ann Brooking, born Abt. 1780 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died December 10, 1858 in Raleigh
County, (West) Virginia; married William Lawrence December 28, 1803 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born Abt.
1770 in Virginia; died Aft. 1860 in Monroe County, West Virginia.
More About William Lawrence and Nancy Brooking:
Marriage: December 28, 1803, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
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iv.
Mary Brooking, born Abt. 1781 in Humphrey's Run, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1860;
married James Curry February 19, 1795.
82. John Smoot, born Abt. 1707 in Copley Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia; died Bet. October 26 - December 15,
1789 in St. Marys County, Maryland. He was the son of 164. William Smoot and 165. Eleanor Vealey. He married 83.
Unknown Bef. 1752.
83. Unknown, born Abt. 1724.
More About John Smoot and Unknown:
Marriage: Bef. 1752
Children of John Smoot and Unknown are:
i.
William Smoot, born Abt. 1750 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died August 1815 in Calahala, Rowan County, North
Carolina; married (1) Unknown Jenifer Bef. 1778 in St Marys County, Maryland; married (2) Margaret Jenifer June 24,
1793 in Madison County, Virginia.
More About William Smoot:
Military: 1780, Member of St. marys county, Maryland militia during Revolutionary War
More About William Smoot and Unknown Jenifer:
Marriage: Bef. 1778, St Marys County, Maryland
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ii. Thomas Smoot, born Abt. 1752 in St Marys County, Maryland; died Bet. April 13, 1795 - March 15, 1796 in St Marys
County, Maryland.
iii. Eleanor 'Nellie' Smoot, born Abt. 1754 in St. Marys County, Maryland; died July 21, 1843 in Madison, Logan (Boone)
County, (West) Virginia; married Benjamin Price Abt. 1775 in St. Marys County, Maryland.
iv. Anna Smoot, born Abt. 1756 in St Marys County, Maryland; died Aft. 1796; married Rudolph Barnhouse Abt. 1775;
born Bef. 1756.
More About Rudolph Barnhouse and Anna Smoot:
Marriage: Abt. 1775
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vi.
vii.
Elizabeth Smoot, born Abt. 1758 in St Marys County, Maryland; died Bet. October 25, 1790 - October 04, 1791 in St
Marys County, Maryland.
Hezekiah Smoot, born Abt. 1760 in St Marys County, Maryland; died Bet. August 26 - September 09, 1834 in Charles
County, Maryland.
Alexander Smoot, born August 01, 1769 in St Marys County, Maryland; died Bet. December 03, 1825 - February 28,
1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina; married Anna Jones Hawkins November 04, 1798; born Bef. 1780.
More About Alexander Smoot and Anna Hawkins:
Marriage: November 04, 1798
86. James Barker, born Abt. 1726 in England; died August 21, 1803 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia. He married
87. Mary Smith Abt. 1751 in England.
87. Mary Smith, born Abt. 1735 in Portsmouth, England.
More About James Barker:
Burial: White Oak, Kanawha County, West Virginia
More About James Barker and Mary Smith:
Marriage: Abt. 1751, England
Children of James Barker and Mary Smith are:
i.
James Barker, Jr., born Abt. 1755; married Ann.
ii. William Barker, born Abt. 1757; married Elizabeth.
iii. Jacob Barker, born Abt. 1761 in Richmond, Virginia; died Bet. January - September 1829 in Logan (Boone) County,
(West) Virginia; married (1) Susan Frances Garner September 1781; born Abt. 1768 in Virginia; died 1848; married (2)
Elizabeth Hill Abt. 1802; born Abt. 1782 in Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
Notes for Jacob Barker:
Source: Mercer COUNTY History 1987
James Barker was born in ENGLAND 1726. He married Mary Smith about 1751. They came to America soon after their
marriage. Jacob Barker, son of James and Mary Smith Barker, was born 1761 at Richmond, Virginia. He married Susan
Garner of French decent in 1786. William Allen Barker was the 4th child born to Jacob and Susan Garner Barker. He
was born March 14, 1796 Jamestown, Virginia. William Allen married Sarah Hobbs, d/o James and Mary Dollard
Hobbs. Sarah was born February 23, 1800 in BEDFORD COUNTY, Virginia. William Allen Barker died 14 Feb 1837
in that part of Giles COUNTY Va that became Mercer COUNTY WV. Sarah Hobbs Barker was left quite young to care
for her eight children. In the spring of 1838, she moved to Mercer COUNTY, where she rented land from Bobby Lilly
on what was called Blueston Hill. Sarah later went to Kansas with her son, James B Barker, where she died 8 Jul 1878.
The following 8 children were born in BEDFORD COUNTY, Va to William Allen and Sarah Hobbs Barker; James
Burwell Barker born May 1818-23 Nov 1855; Mary Vienna 1820; Massina Calloway Barker 26 Apr 1821 died 19 Nov
1886; William E born 4 Jan 1823 died 25 Jan 1875; Anderson Leftridge Barker born 13 Mar 1826 died 3 Jan 1908;
Thomas Jefferson Barker born 11 Dec 1828 died 3 Aug 1913; Susan Frances Barker born 1830; Joseph Granville Barker
born 12 Apr 1833 died 5 March 1862.
More About Jacob Barker:
Burial: Pinnical Rock, Julian, Boone County, West Virginia
Name-Welch: 1805, Kanawha County, Virginia
More About Susan Frances Garner:
Burial: Garrett's Fork on Hill by Lane School, Logan County, West Virginia
More About Jacob Barker and Susan Garner:
Marriage: September 1781
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v.
Isaac Barker, born Abt. 1782 in Buckingham County, Virginia; died June 11, 1869 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Spicy Scott; born Abt. 1790; died 1852 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
Mary 'Polly' Barker, born Abt. 1783; died Bef. 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia; married John B. 'Jack' Dolin,
Sr..
88. Obediah Bias, born Abt. 1750 in Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1835 in Logan County, (West) Virginia. He was the son of
176. James Byas Bias and 177. Elizabeth Larkin. He married 89. Shelia Bef. 1785 in Montgomery County, Virginia.
89. Shelia, born Bet. 1750 - 1760; died Aft. 1830 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
Notes for Obediah Bias:
Compiled and edited by Joanne Bias Samuels
Obediah was born between 1750-60, most probably the son of James Byas and Elizabeth Larkin, although this has yet to be
proven. However, given the information of land, tax, and census records, this seems a good assumption. There was no
marriage record found for Obediah in Virginia; however in Cabell County, deeds on record in Cabell County, WV give S. As
the first letter of his wife's name. It has been said that his wife's name was Sheila/Sheilda, but no verification has been found.
It is assumed that obediah's children were born at Wolfe Creek, Montgomery (Giles) Co. VA.
Tax list of 1783 in Amherst County, VA. The name of Obediah Byas appears. Other Byas' in Amherst County at this time
were: James, John and Larkin.
1787- Tax List B, Amherst Co. , VA (list of Wm Ware) Separate households listed: Obediah, Larkin, Rolling, John Byas.
(These names were dated the same day - 4/7/1787- meaning that they were close enough geographically to have been listed the
same day)
In the 1788 Montgomery County Tax List, we find Obediah Buyers living in the vicinity of Wolf Creek, living to east several
miles of John Byers Sr., John Byers Jr., and William Byers (son of John Sr.). According to Chalkley, these Byers came from
Botetourt County. In Giles County History, Wolf Creek is in the NW section of the county, and flows into the New River at
Narrows, VA. The name (Wolf Cr) came from the fact that many wolves were found at Big Spring, the source of Wolf Creek.
(See following page of pictures). The Quadrant for Wolfe Creek in Giles County is 113C & 113D.
The Wolfe Creek area opened to white settlement after the French and Indian War, and it is likely that the Wolf Creek Valley
was cleared and put to the plow around 1770. No resident Indians were found in the area, and those Indians who came to
harass the settlers during Lord Dunmore's War, the War for American Independence, and the troubled years after, were from
the Ohio area. Their purpose was to slow the westward movement of the English, not to defend or retake their homelands.
Those Indians were Shawnees, Miamis, Delawares, Wyandots, and Mingoes.
In 1754, the Indians committed frightful massacres in all the settlements, in some cases destroying all the inhabitants of an
area. The Holston River community was almost annihuilated. In 1763, the country had been freed of the fear of the Indians,
and settlers began to return; however, the end of the indian unrest and massacres were not at an end, and in 1771, there was not
a family on the north (west) side of Clinch Mountain for a distance of ten miles. The Indians became troublesome in 1774, and
continued so for several years. In the spring of 1781 all the settlers in Turkey Cove, in Powell's Valley, moved out because of
Indians.
The valley afforded protection from the cold winds from the north and west which prevailed in winter, and it offered the
inhabitants most of the things they needed. Wolf Creek, with its many branches and numerous springs provided never failing
sources of pure water, and in addition supported considerable and varied foods. Further, the stream attracted game of all types
to the area, thereby facilitating procurement of meat by conventional hunting and by use of traps and snares. The valley also
supported a variety of trees and shrubs important to the settlers. Also, there was the much needed "salt lick" nearby, and maple
trees that produced maple syrup.
Settlers to the region were influenced by the prospect of rich lands at a small price, but titles were but badly recorded and
became a matter of dispute as the lands became more valuable. These troubles became frequent about 1800, when nearly every
piece of land was subject to controversy in the courts in some form. This may well have been the reason that Obediah left this
area and moved to Kanawha County around 1806.
In Montgomery County, A List of Taxable property within the District of James Hage, Comm - there was listed & dated
8/21/1792
William Byers horses, mares, colts & mules (2).
Obadiah Bius (3) horses, mares, colts & mules.
William's property was on Sinking Creek & Obediah's was on Wolfe Creek. In Giles County, Wolfe Creek empties into New
River at Narrows, VA. Sinking Creek (where William lived) was very close by. Thus, if one were to look for the property of
Obediah today, it would be located within the boundary of Giles Co., VA, along Wolfe Creek Road, with Wolfe Creek
Mountain in the background. (See pictures - next page)
Tazewell County Order Bk #1, p. 129
15 Mar 1804
David McComas, asee of Obadiah Bias vs. Henry Farley
Debt dis. By plaintiff's order.
Quoting from the records, in a lawsuit:
"Henry Farley vs. Johnston," O.S. 116; N.S. 40 - Bill 1803:
"In 1799, Obediah Bias, owning land, in North Carolina, sold it to Reuben Roberts, owning land in Rich Valley, Tazewell
County, VA, on East River. Reuben's title was defective, and he died - having previously brought suit on orator's title bond
(orator having contracted with Obediah for the land). Reuben's administrators and children were given (but not copied).
Sworn to in Giles County, VA, 9th July, 1806. (See picture of Giles Co. Courthouse, & Wolf Creek following page. Giles Co.
was not formed until 1806)
In the census of 1810 - Augusta Co., VA - the following were listed:
John Bias 11001 1001000
Larkin Bias 00101 3210100
Rolin
31101 2211000
Obediahin Western Virginia
In the obituary of Rowland I, the statement was made that he "came here to this area about 1802", so Obediah would have
appeared in 1810 in the Kanawha Co., VA census. (Kanawha Co. formed in 1789, Lincoln Co. in 1867, Boone in 1847, and
Cabell Co. in 1809.)
Kanawha Co. was formed in 1789 and originally extended westward to Big Sandy River and Tug Fork. On the Tax List of
Kanawha Co., no one named Bias is listed. In 1809 Cabell County was formed from the westerly part of Kanawha Counmty
and originally included (beside its present area) all of Wayne County, the major parts of Lincoln, Logan and Mingo Counties,
all of present Boone County lying west of Spruce Fork and most of its present area that lies west of Little Coal River, and a
small part of Putnam County.
On the 1810 State Tax List, there are listed: Obediah Bias Sr., Obediah Bias, James Bias and John Bias. All of these, with the
exception of John, lived on Hewett Creek in present Boone County. John lived in (present) Lincoln County.
In the Tax List of Cabell Co. , VA - 1815 (Bias families listed)
James
1 FWM over
16/ 0 slaves/ 2 horses/ 8 cattle
Obediah Sr. 1 FWM over
16/ 0 slaves/ 3 horses/ 7 cattle
Obed.iah Jr. 1 FWM over
16/ 0 slaves/ 2 horses/ 7 cattle
Roland
1 FWM over
16/ 0 slaves/ 2 horses/ 4 cattle/1 silver watch
In 1817, Obediah Bias Sr. witnessed the will of Jacob Stollings, who lived on the big bottom opposite the mouth of Crawley
Cr. Of Guyandot River. Obediah signed his name with an "X", suggesting that he was illiterate, as were most men of his time.
1820 Cabell County census lists James Bias and Obediah Bias as heads of household, but does not list Obediah Sr.
The Logan County 1824 Tax List, it appears that he and his wife lived with their sons, Obediah and James.
In the 1830 Logan Co. census, an elderly couple was staying with James Bias, and were most likely his parents, Obediah Sr.
and his wife, both born between 1750-1760.
The children of Obediah are listed as:
James, b. 1788
Obediah, b. 1789
John, b. 1790
Roland, b. 1792
Larkin, b. 1800
More About Obediah Bias:
Burial: Hewett Creek, Boone County, West Virginia
Military: Revolutionary War
Residence: Bet. 1805 - 1809, Cabell County, (West) Virginia
More About Shelia:
Burial: Hewett Creek, Boone County, West Virginia
More About Obediah Bias and Shelia:
Marriage: Bef. 1785, Montgomery County, Virginia
Children of Obediah Bias and Shelia are:
i.
Rev. James Bias, born Abt. 1787 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died Abt. 1869 in Spruce Fork, Boone County, West
Virginia; married (1) Mary 'Polly' Brooks Abt. 1828 in Logan (Wyoming) County, (West) Virginia; born March 03,
1805 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died Bef. 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia; married (2) Margaret 'Peggy' Abt.
1813 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1795; died Aft. 1823 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia.
More About Rev. James Bias:
Elected: November 29, 1824, To February 18, 1825 Delegate representing Logan County in the Virginia Assembly.
Occupation: Abt. 1820, Deputy Sheriff of Cabell County and Sheriff in Boone County after 1847
More About James Bias and Mary Brooks:
Marriage: Abt. 1828, Logan (Wyoming) County, (West) Virginia
ii. John Bias, born November 1788 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died May 22, 1860 in Putnam County, (West)
Virginia; married (1) Luvena; married (2) Sarah Rea Ray Abt. 1819; born Abt. 1793; died Aft. 1850 in Cabell County,
(West) Virginia.
Notes for John Bias:
There is a possibility that this John may have been the individual listed in th e 1810 tax list. He could be John Byers, a
cousin from Montgomery County instead of the son of Obediah. No one is really positive yet. If you read this and have
documents to prove either connection please contact Carrie Bias Hoffert, hoffert@nccoast.net. He is lister in the Putnam
County Death Records with parents Obediah and Polly Bias.
More About John Bias:
Cause of death (2): consumption, 71 years, 6 months
Occupation: Farmer, 800 Acres
More About John Bias and Sarah Ray:
Marriage: Abt. 1819
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iii. Obediah 'Old Obediah' Bias, Jr., born Abt. 1790 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died 1849 in Hewett, Boone County,
(West) Virginia; married Rachel B. Smith.
iv. William Bias, born Aft. 1794 in Montgomery (Giles) County, Virginia; married Priscilla Childers; born Aft. 1794.
v. Larkin Bias, born Abt. 1800 in Montgomery (Giles) County, Virginia.
vi. Roland 'Robin' Bias, Jr., born Abt. 1792 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died May 17, 1875 in Guyandotte River,
McComas District, Cabell County, West Virginia; married (1) F.; married (2) Dicey Brumfield January 06, 1812 in
Cabell County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1790 in Montgomery (Giles) County, Virginia; died January 04, 1838 in
Cabell County, (West) Virginia; married (3) Tabitha McComas December 24, 1833 in Kanawha County, (West)
Virginia; born Abt. 1810; died Abt. 1835; married (4) Clarissa August 29, 1835 in Amherst County, Virginia; born Bef.
1815; died Aft. 1854; married (5) Martha Jane Mitchell October 22, 1839 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; born Abt.
1821 in Virginia; died Bet. 1871 - 1874; married (6) Mary Elizabeth Carpenter Bef. 1844; born Abt. 1824 in Virginia.
Notes for Roland 'Robin' Bias, Jr.:
Compiled & Edited by Joanne Bias Samuels
Like the Obediah Byases, there were several Roland Biases. The oldest of these died about 1838 (s/o James &
Elizabeth), leaving as his heirs - Richard S. Ellis of Amherst County. Elisha Ormandorff of Cabell County, a James
Bias, and Samuel Nicely, who lived near the mouth of Merritt's Creek below Salt Rock, WV.
Roland, son of Obediah Byas and S, was born in 1792 in, probably, Montgomery County, Virginia. Roland married
Dicey Brumfield, daughter of James Brumfield, Jr., and Susannah _______, Dicey died 1829-32, and Roland married
Tabitha McComas, daughter of Joe McComas. They had three children. Tabitha died 1837-38.
Roland married for the third time, to Martha Mitchell, daughter of William T. Mitchell. They were married at Roland's
home. At the time of their marriage, he was forty-seven, she was eighteen. They had seven known children. Martha
died 1871-74 and Roland died at his home on May 17, 1875. At the time of Roland's death, it was said that he had eight
sons and eighteen daughters. Although all have not been named, it is supposed that of those not named, several died at
birth, and others might have died as small children.
Children of Roland and Dicey Brumfield:
Anderson "Red" Bias, b. October 12, 1813; d. Feb. 9, 1889;
m. (1) Elizabeth Rodgers (2) Nancy Bias, (3) Mary Jane Stewart
James Brumfield Bias, b. Nov. 20, 1815, d. Jan 10, 1905
m. Mary "Polly" Adkins
Vernella Bias, b. 1817; d. June 8, 1870
m. William Morrison, May5, 1861
Absalom Bias, b. 1820
m. Elizabeth Butcher, March 1, 1838
Rowlan Bias II b. Oct. 7, 1823, d. 1885
m. Martha Pauley
Cynthia Bias
m. Tandy Tooley/Turley, April 9, 1840
Obadiah Bias, b. 1824
m. Martha Jane Porter
Miriam Bias, b. 1825
m. Thomas Albertis Childers
Dicey & Rowling/Rowland/Roland purchased land on Mud River, & Bear/Coleman Cr.,
(Bk 3/668 in 1823; Bk 4/427in 1828; & Bk 5/328 in 1824.)
Roland and Tabith's children:
America
b. 1833
David Hugh
b. 1834
Margaret
b. 1838
Roland and Martha's children:
Elimine
3/25/1840
William A.
10/30/1842
Drucilla
1845
John Morris
1846
Adeline 'Adele"
7/12/1849
Sarah Elizabeth
1851
Catherine
3/30/1858
Ellahugh
1861
Obituary of Roland Bias
Dated 19 June 1875
Died - At his home on Guyandotte River, in Cabell County, on the 17th of May, 1875, ROLAND BIAS, in his 82nd year
of his age.
The deceased was a remarkable man. He was over six feet high and straight as an arrow, a strong and robust healthy
man till a few months before his death. He was full of mirth, a genial companion, fond of sport, such as hunting,
horseracing, etc., and often boasting that he could beat any man west of the Blue Ridge pitching horse shoes, and throw
any man down in the county.
Yet withal, he was a man of tender heart and often helped those who were in distress, and very seldom refused to go
security for a deserving person in trouble. He never went to school a day in his life, could not read or write, and yet was
a man of good sense and of great influence in his section; was a member of the Board of Supervisors, President of the
Overseers of the Poor, and an old time magistrate.
He was born in old Virginia, and moved to this county with his father about the year 1802, when he was only nine years
old. At that time there were only eleven families on the Guyandotte River "from its south to its islands," as it was called
then (meaning to Logan court house), all of whom and their descendants have disappeared from this part of the state.
With his father, he settled at the south of Tylers Creek on Guyandotte River near the Salt Rock, and lived in that vicinity
all his life.
He had been married three times surviving all his wives; had eight sons and eighteen daughters. His children, grand and
great grandchildren numbered one hundred and sixty three, most all of whom now live in Cabell, Lincoln and Wayne
counties. At the time of his demise he was the oldest continuous resident of the county, having lived in this county
seventy-three years. In those "good old times," when game was abundant, he would spend three months every year in
hunting, and would return home laden with deer, bear, coons, etc. The writer has often listened to his marvelous tales of
pioneer life with
intense interest and delight. His first wife was Dicey Brumfield, his second Tabitha McComas (daughter of old Joe
McComas, and his third Martha Mitchell from Virginia.
"Uncle Ball" as we all familiarly called him, has run his course and been gathered to his fathers with the unumbered host
who have gone before him and no one who knew him but will say "'peace to his ashes."
Roland died of a kidney disease.
Some say that Roland I was buried at Portersville, yet others say he was buried on his farm, or on a hilltop below the
bridge and down the railroad track at Salt Rock, WV. Mrs. Cleda Stephens, the local historian, has said that she believes
the latter is where his remains are. All about this area have been found many Indian relics through the years.
When Roland, the nine-year-old, came to the area in 1802, Cabell County had not yet been formed. It was then
Kanawha County (Cabell was formed in 1809). The Guyandotte river passes entirely across it in a north-westerly
direction, and it was on this river that the Bias family located at the mouth of Tyler Creek.
There were two cities in the area at that time. Guyandotte - situated on the Ohio at the mouth of the Guyandotte River,
was the oldest town in the county. Barboursville, the count seat, was smaller than Guyandotte, and Huntington was
much the largest town in the county, and took front rank as a shipping and trading point among the older nd larger towns
on the Ohio. It was also the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Cleda Stephens of Salt Rock tells of a local tradition that says - 'William Morrison, John Tyler Morrison, and Patrick
Henry Morrison came to this area chasing Indians who stole their horses. They came from Giles County, Virginia.
They were suppose to have found them here in the area of Tyler's Creek where I live. At that time there was a Richard
McCallister and Sarah (Nichols) already living here in a large two-story house near Ennon cemetary. This was the early
1800's. This house was later to become the Cabell County Poor Farm, operated by Aaron Flood McKendree and
Catherine (Grubbs), and later, their son."
In History of Salt Rock Community by Reverend W. E. Morrison, he relates the following story.
'In the days of our grandparents, the enemies of the settler and of his progress were the Indian, the panther, and the bear.
Many are the thrilling stories of each that have been related in the presence of the writer in childhood days. Many
stories have been forgotten, or too nearly so, to be recorded here. In those days no journey was made unarmed. Even on
Sundays going to church, the head of the family usually went along carrying a gun. But do not think for a moment that
our forefathers were cowards or tenderfeet for they were not. If a bear was holed, in a cliff or otherwise, one of the
hunters would take his gun and crawl into the hole after him lying flat on the bottom, being sure there was room for the
bear to pass over him. He would then fire a gun which always roused the bear. As he came out the other hunters took
care of him. If a bear went into a hollow tree, a hunter climbed the tree, torch in hand, and having lighted it, dropped it
down on the bear. The hunters would make room for the bear to pass down the tree while comrades and dogs took
charge as soon as he reached the ground.
For many years there resided a family named Bias at the place best known by most of us as the Solomon Midkiff Farm.
The father's name I cannot recall, but there were two sons, James and Roland Jr., One bright November morning, James
proposed that they go over on Mud River for a bear hunt. They took their guns and dogs and went up by Salt Rock
Tyler Creek, Trace Creek, and finally by the C. P. Rousey farm. When they arrived at the spot where Broaddus Perry
now resides, they ran a bear into a hollow tree. I do not know why, but it fell to the lot of Roland, the younger, to use
the torch. So, up the tree he went to where the bear entered the hole, and having found a convenient limb on which to
perch, when bruin came out, he lighted the torch and threw it in. Immediately here came the bear, scratching the fire
from his eyes. Roland hustled out of his way. When the bear reached the ground, the dogs seized him. When the bear
was about to prove too much for the dogs, James, fearing for the safety of his dogs, seized his hunters knife to assist
them. In doing so the bear caught the waistband of his flaxen hunting shirt and there they were - all of them swinging,
and James calling out to Roland, 'shoot, brother shoot!'
Finally, Roland shot and killed the bear - without injury to James or the dogs. The hunt for that day ended. Some time
later James proposed another hunt. They took their guns and dogs and followed the same route. As they passed the tree
where they had killed the bear, Roland - in fun, cried out, 'Shoot, brother shoot!' James turned in the direction of home
and no apology or entreaties of Roland availed."
In Cabell County Annals and Families, by George Seldon
Wallace, pp 154-155 ...
Regarding Marshall College: "Marshall College (now University) was owned by the Methodist Church prior to the
(Civil) War. During the War this college was sold by a decree of the court and passed out of our (Methodist Church)
hands. Arrangements have been made by the Board of Trustees with the purchasers to reopen the institution under the
control of this (Methodist) Conference: to effect which the board will be compelled to assume all its liabilities. The
Conference was unable to raise the sum for the purchase, and in 1867, James H. Ferguson, one of the outstanding men of
the county and who represented the county in the Legislature brought about the passage of an act for the establishment
of the State Normal School at Marshall College in Cabell County. The Act authorized the board of supervisors of Cabell
County to levy a $5,000.00, if after having submitted the question of this additional levy to a vote, a majority of the
votes should be in favor of it. To avail themselves of the provisions of this act the board of supervsors of Cabell County,
at a special meeting held on Tuesday, May 21, 1867, with John M. Blake, president, James H. Hysell and Rolland Bias,
members, present, adopted a resolution reciting the various provisions of the act and submitted the question of an
additional levy to be used for the purpose of purchasing Marshall College to be voted on at the next annual township
election which was about to be held.
More About Roland Bias and Clarissa:
Marriage: August 29, 1835, Amherst County, Virginia
92. Michael Miller, born Abt. 1770 in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virginia; died Abt. 1862 in Monroe County,
(West) Virginia. He was the son of 184. John Miller and 185. Barbary Mauze. He married 93. Mary Elizabeth 'Dolly'
Smith February 24, 1791 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia.
93. Mary Elizabeth 'Dolly' Smith, born Abt. 1772 in Virginia; died Bef. 1865 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About Michael Miller and Mary Smith:
Marriage: February 24, 1791, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia
Children of Michael Miller and Mary Smith are:
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i. Margaret Miller, born Aft. 1791; married Unknown Shanklin.
ii. Colonel John Miller, born Abt. 1793 in Indian Creek, Monroe County, Virginia; died Abt. 1836 in Kanawha County,
(West) Virginia; married Elizabeth A. Mitchell March 23, 1812 in Monroe County, Virginia.
iii. Mary 'Polly' Sarah Miller, born Aft. 1794; married Rev. James D. Mitchell May 27, 1815 in Virginia; born Abt. 1794 in
Rockingham County, Virginia; died Abt. 1868.
More About James Mitchell and Mary Miller:
Marriage: May 27, 1815, Virginia
iv.
Barbara Miller, born Abt. 1796.
94. Joshua Mitchell, born Abt. 1757 in Paris, France; died Abt. September 1847 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia. He
was the son of 188. Louis Michel Mitchell and 189. Mary 'Marie'. He married 95. Elizabeth Stigger Stiggard December
27, 1788 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
95. Elizabeth Stigger Stiggard, born Abt. 1770 in of VA; died Bef. 1880 in Monroe County, West Virginia.
More About Joshua Mitchell:
Military: French Army with Lt. General Rochambeu during Revolutionary War
More About Joshua Mitchell and Elizabeth Stiggard:
Marriage: December 27, 1788, Fauquier County, Virginia
Children of Joshua Mitchell and Elizabeth Stiggard are:
i.
Sarah Mitchell, born February 17, 1789 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died October 29, 1865 in Henry County, Indiana;
married Charles Cummins October 22, 1808 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born February 22, 1782 in Albemarle
County, Virginia; died March 13, 1852 in Henry County, Indiana.
More About Charles Cummins and Sarah Mitchell:
Marriage: October 22, 1808, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
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ii. Elizabeth A. Mitchell, born Abt. 1792 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died Aft. 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married Colonel John Miller March 23, 1812 in Monroe County, Virginia.
iii. Rev. James D. Mitchell, born Abt. 1794 in Rockingham County, Virginia; died Abt. 1868; married (1) Elizabeth 'Betsey'
Lively Abt. 1855 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1811 in Nelson County, Virginia; died Abt. 1860 in
Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; married (2) Mary 'Polly' Sarah Miller May 27, 1815 in Virginia; born Aft. 1794.
More About James Mitchell and Mary Miller:
Marriage: May 27, 1815, Virginia
iv.
Mary 'Polly' Mitchell, born June 11, 1796 in Union, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died March 17, 1861 in
Flatwoods, Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married Frederick Comer January 06, 1811 in Monroe County, (West)
Virginia; born October 16, 1787 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died November 10, 1848 in "Flatwoods",
Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About Frederick Comer and Mary Mitchell:
Marriage: January 06, 1811, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
v.
Mary Jane Mitchell, born Abt. 1799 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married John Henry Comer September 06,
1824; born Abt. 1804 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About John Comer and Mary Mitchell:
Marriage: September 06, 1824
vi.
Catherine 'Kate' Mitchell, born Abt. 1799 in Monroe County, Virginia; died 1888 in Boone County, West Virginia;
married John 'Fork' Miller March 25, 1819 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1801 in Monroe County,
(West) Virginia; died 1870 in Boone County, West Virginia.
More About John Miller and Catherine Mitchell:
Marriage: March 25, 1819, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
vii.
Lucy Mitchell, born Abt. 1802 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1870 in Logan County, West Virginia;
married John Phipps December 11, 1824 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1800 in Culpeper County,
Virginia; died Aft. 1870 in Logan County, West Virginia.
More About John Phipps and Lucy Mitchell:
Marriage: December 11, 1824, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
viii.
Susannah 'Susan' Mitchell, born Abt. 1804 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1868 in Madison County,
Indiana; married Rev. James Ellison, Sr. January 19, 1822 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born April 14, 1798 in
Indian Creek, Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died May 15, 1856 in Madison County, Indiana.
More About James Ellison and Susannah Mitchell:
Marriage: January 19, 1822, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
ix.
Margaret Mitchell, born Abt. 1806 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married Thomas 'Bill' Cox Abt. 1831; born Bef.
1806.
More About Thomas Cox and Margaret Mitchell:
Marriage: Abt. 1831
x.
Joseph Mitchell, born December 11, 1810 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married (1) Sarah 'Sally' Comer Abt.
1830; born Aft. 1810; married (2) Elizabeth C. Patterson Abt. 1833; born Abt. 1808 in Virginia.
More About Joseph Mitchell and Sarah Comer:
Marriage: Abt. 1830
Generation No. 8
164. William Smoot, born Abt. 1656 in Pickawaxon Hundred, Charles County, Maryland; died April 30, 1707 in Copley
Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the son of 328. Thomas Smoot and 329. Jane Batten. He married 165.
Eleanor Vealey.
165. Eleanor Vealey, born Abt. 1678; died Abt. 1746 in St. Marys County, Maryland. She was the daughter of 330.
Morris Vealey and 331. Dorothy.
Child of William Smoot and Eleanor Vealey is:
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i.
John Smoot, born Abt. 1707 in Copley Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia; died Bet. October 26 - December 15,
1789 in St. Marys County, Maryland; married (1) Unknown Bef. 1727; married (2) Sarah Crane Bef. 1737; married (3)
Unknown Bef. 1752.
176. James Byas Bias, born Abt. 1722 in County Craven, Ireland; died Bef. 1787 in Amherst County, Virginia. He
married 177. Elizabeth Larkin Abt. 1748 in Pennsylvania.
177. Elizabeth Larkin, born Abt. 1725 in Virginia; died Abt. 1832 in Amherst County, Virginia.
Notes for James Byas Bias:
Complied and edited by Joanne Bias Samuels
THE NAME BIAS IN ANCIENT HISTORY
In The New Century Classical Handbook we find that the name Bias has been around for centuries.
In Greek Mythology
Bias - According to Greek legend - was a son of Amythaon and Idomene, and the brother of the seer Melampus. He was
promised his cousin Pero for wife if he could deliver the oxen of Phylacus (or Iphiclus) of Thessaly to her father Neleus, King
of Pylus. With the help of Melampus he secured the cattle and married Pero. After the death of Pero he married Iphianassa,
daughter of Proetus, king of Argos. On the death of Neleus, Bias became the king of Argos.
In Greek History
In The Life of Greece by Will Durant (Simon and Schuster, NY), we find the following information.
In the Mediterranean - the arena of Greek history, Greek colonists established prosperous towns at Cyrene in northern Africa,
and at Naucratis in the delta of the Nile. Many centuries before Christ, they built cities on the islands of the Aegean and the
coasts of Asia Minor; along the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmora and the Black Sea. Mainland Greece was but a small part
of the ancient Greek World.
History records that Bias of Priene, one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, lived in this arena in the sixth century. Although
Priene doesn't exist today, if it did, it would be in what is now Turkey. Ancient maps show that it was located north of and
across the bay from Miletus, near the outlets of the Maeander River. West of Priene lay Samos, second largest of Ionia's isles.
Across the Caystrian Gulf from Samos, and north of Fri-ene, stood Ionia's most famous city - Ephesus. (See map next page)
The Ionians (of which Bias was one) claimed descent from a common ancestor, Ion. In contrast to the stolid Dorians, the
Ionians had the reputation for being intellectual, artistic, unsoldierly, elaborate in dress, and luxury-loving. Ionian societies other than Athens - were thought to be the least conducive to homosexuality (which was prolific in the Greek world of that
day).
Various Greeks made different lists of the Seven Wise Men (sages), but all such lists have included Bias, a judge and diplomat
of Priene (In Ionia).
Greece respected wisdom, as India respected holiness, and as Renaissance Italy respected artistic genius. The heroes of Greece
were not saints, or artists, but sages; and her most honored sages were not theorists but men who had made their wisdom
function actively in the world.
The sayings of these men became proverbial among the Greeks, and were in some cases inscribed in the temple of Apollo at
Delphi. People liked to quote, for example, the remarks of Bias - that "the most unfortunate of men is he who has not learned
how to bear misfortune; that men ought to order their lives as if they were fated to live both a long and a short time"; and that
"wisdom should be cherished as a means of traveling from youth to old age, for it is more lasting than any other possession."
In the ancient Greek courts, there was no public prosecutor. The government relied upon private citizens to accuse before the
courts anyone guilty of serious offenses against morals, religion, or the state. Each party in a trial usually acted as his own
lawyer, and made the first presentation of his case. But as the procedure became more complex, the practice of engaging a
rhetor or orator, versed in the law became popular. From these special rhetorpleaders came the lawyer. Diogenes Laertius
stated that Bias, Wise Man of Priene, was an eloquent pleader of causes, who always reserved his talents for the just side.
In The New Century Classical Handbook, it is related that when Harpagus, general of Cyrus the Great, was subduing the Ionian
cities of Asia Minor (c540 B.C.), Bias addressed the Ionian Greeks gathered at the festival of the Panionium. He advised them
to join in one body and set sail for Sardinia, where they should found a single Pan-Ionian city and make themselves master of
what the Greeks at that time thought was the largest island in the world. His fellow countrymen did not heed his advice.
In Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature of Antiquities, we find further that Bias was the son of Tentamus. And, that the
inhabitants of Priene, when besieged by Mazares, resolved to abandon the city with their property. And, on this occasion Bias
replied to one of his fellow-citizens, who expressed astonishment that he made no preparations for his departure, "I carry
everything with me." He remained in his native country, where he died at a very advanced age. His countrymen buried him
with splendour, and honoured his memory. And it was added - that some of his famous apophtegims (witty, instructive
sayings) are still preserved.
The above map shows the old Ionian community and the 5th century Delian league.
Bias of Priene was an Ionian who lived in the 6th century B.C. Priene can be located
on this map between Ephesus (to the north of Priene) and Miletos (to the south of Priene)
These cities are to the right on the map.
THE NAME BIAS
The Origin of The Second Name
Until about 1100 A.D. most people in Europe had only one name. As the population increased it became awkward to live in a
village wherein perhaps one-third of the males were named John, another sizable percentage named William, and so forth. To
distinguish one John from another a second name was needed. There were four primary sources for these second names. They
were: a man's occupation, his location, his father's name (son of), or some peculiar characteristic of his.
The spelling of the Surname
In English Local Surnames (p. 44), Some common placename elements are weakened when final and unstressed and were respelled in a way which often disguises their origin; these weakened forms were then often confused and incorrect forms
substituted. For instance, house is frequently weakened to: as, -es, is, us, ars, ers, urs, etc. For instance:
Barkhouse (tannery) Barkas, Barkis
Broadhouse
Broadis
Brookhouse
Brokus
Byhouse
Byus, Byars, Byers
The corruption of the spelling of the surname in records has created stumbling blocks to most researchers. If a person could
not spell their given name, those who were taking census, tax lists, etc., spelled the name as they heard it. Thus, in searching
for our ancestors with the name BIAS, we must broaden our search to include the variant spellings - Bias, Byas, Byus, Byous,
Bious, Byhus, Bius, Bice, Byls, Beous, Byars, Byers, and others.
Surnames of Scotland - BYRES, BYERS, BUYERS - these names are derived from the old barony of Byres in East Lothian.
For centuries the barony was the property of the family of Lindsay and gave title to LINDSAY of BYRES.
JOHN de BYERS (b. 1309) A monk of Neubotle.(Wilkin, Concilia, p. 382);
THOMAS de BYRUS owned a tenement in Edinburgh in 1392 (Egidii, p. 27) ;
JOHN BYERS (d. 1639) a merchant in Edenburg and Treasurer and Dean of Guild, and provost, died in 1639.
MOIR-BYRES of Tonley, Co. Aberdeen is mentioned in the gentry of Great Britain. He was a lieut.-Col. 1st Dragoon Guards.
Lineage began with John Byres of Coates, b. 1569. SIR GEOFFREY ROBERT SIDNEY BYASS, 2nd Bart. of Port Talbot and
of Llandough Castle, in the co. of Glamorgan (Wales).
On a document with the Byers' coat of arms: The surname Byers appears to be locational in origin, and is believed to be
associated with the English meaning, "one who lives in a house near a spur, point, corner, nook, pocket, curve or bend in a
river." . (Documentation for the Byers Coat of Arms can be found in Burk's General Armory.)
In More Irish Families by Edward Mac Lysaught, p. 36 ... (0) Bogue, Bowe are anglicized forms of the Gaelic 0 Buadhaigh,
which is presumably derived from the adjective buadhach, meaning victorious. These names were both numerous and
scattered in the seventeenth century. There were many variant spellings of the name. 0 Buadhaigh has also been anglicized to
Boyce (de Boys/Boys) and is a surname fairly common in north-west Ulster (Donegal and Derry). This is the English name for
the Norman (French) Bayeux.
Surname Book and Racial History, (LDS Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1918)
The name BYAS - from BIARS; location- Normandy; France, comes the name BIAS. [The given names such as James, John,
etc. were also of Norman origin, and these names appear frequently in our lineage.]
Given the fact that the Normans occupied both England and Ireland, it is well to consider the probability that the name Bias in
our lineage . . . derived from the Norman region of France, which is called Bayeaux. Ranuiph de Bayeaux was one of the
proceres of Normandy (1050) in rebellion against Duke William. His descendants were great barons in Lincoln - Hugh de
Bayeux (1165) held two knights' fees. In that country, the name continued long as Bayouse, Beyouse & Bews.
David I (1124-53) began the practice of establishing Anglo-Norman families in Scotland. Charters and grants of land were
given and before the end of David I's reign, knight-service was well known in the south of Scotland and was being introduced
in the north.
In William the Lion's day, there were sixty-four knights in service to him (as evidenced by charters) and five to six sergeants.
William was also the Duke of Normandy. He enrolled the names of those who had followed him to England from Normandy,
and later - Leland's List would supply us with the names of those men. The French (Norman) name Bayeux (pronounced
Bayuh) was on that list and from it has come such names as: Beyouse, Bayouse (in Somerset), Bayes, Bews, etc.
There is a large tapestry, named the 'Bayeux Tapestry" that depicts scenes from the Norman Conquest. It is now preserved in
the cathedral at Bayeux in Normandy, France.
William promised that all who should follow him would be richly rewarded. Earldoms would be given to nobles, bishoprics
and abbacies to the churchmen, and the blessings of church to all. The lands of Harold and of all others who resisted William
would be at his disposal with which to enrich those that helped him. Within a few months, many leaders with large groups of
followers gathered from all parts of Normandy (France.)
Our Bias lineage may or may not have been of the "elite" or leaders of Normandy. They may well have been the "servants
of...", but the origin of our name undoubtedly goes back to the "Norsemen" (Northmen) of France.
The Norman People
What was the origin of this mighty race? Their forefathers had, in the ninth century, issued forth from Scandinavia to conquer
new homes for themselves in the south; to obtain an asylum for that deeply cherished freedom which northern revolutions had
endangered. The internal wars of its kindred Gothic nations, the severity of its inhospitable climate, and the sterility of its
frozen soil, had gradually created in Scandinavia a maritime population of unrivaled enterprise, vigor, and courage. These
heathens, whose stern heroism recalls that of the Spartans of the early Romans, were the progenitors of the Normans. And,
where did the forefathers of the Normans derive their origin?
The evidence afforded by language and institutions shows that they had formed part of a great family of nations - the Goths or
Getae. Rawlinson, in his edition of Horodotus (iii.84), says: 'The identity of the Getae with the Goths of later times is more
than a plausible conjecture. These Gothi of the Romans, are the old German Guthai or Guthones. It seems that the natural
course of the Gothic migration into Scandinavia was from the southern shores of the Baltic and the Danish waters. As the
Goths spread along the Baltic they came to Jutland, thence passed into the Danish Island, thence across the Sound into Sweden,
and thence throughout the whole of Sweden and Norway. From these tribes sprang the Daci or Danes of England, and the
Northmen or Normans, who were of the same race."
Lord Macaulay, himself of Celtic origin, describes the Norman character . . . 'The Normans were then the foremost race of
Christendom. Their valour and ferocity had made them conspicuous amongst the rovers whom Scandinavia had sent forth to
ravage Western Europe . . . At length one of the feeble heirs of Charlemagne ceded to the strangers a fertile province.
JAMES BYAS
By Joanne Bias Samuels
Bias reasearchers have given the name(s) of parents for John, Larkin, Obediah, Lucy, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Rolling/Rolen as
being James Byas and Elizabeth. This has, as yet, to be proven. The tie-in to these parents was made after careful searching of
deeds, census records, etc., collected from Amherst and Montgomery Counties in Virginia. We do not know the date/place of
James's birth, but estimate his birth date to be around 1720-1730
The Lambert Papers located in the special collection division of the library at Marshall University in Huntington, WV suggests
that our particular branch of the Bias family has as the country of origin - Scotland by way of Ireland (Ulster Irish), and that the
parents of James was John Byus and Ann. The papers also suggest that, since Obediah sold land in NC, the family may have
lived in North Carolina prior to settling in Amherst County, VA.
Byers researcher, Thorlo Byers, proposed that the parents of James might have been Robert Byas and Louisa Patterson, and
that they probably migrated to Virginia from Pennsylvania. He also gave the maiden name of Elizabeth (wife of James) as
Larkin.
The Lambert Papers nor Mr. Thorlo Byers presented source(s) for their opinions as regards the parentage of James Byas, and
the maiden name for Elizabeth. However, because of the above
possibilities, the writer of this family history has
collected
information and sources for the Larkin(s) family and the Patterson family. These records appear in the
"Records" at the end of the Family History in the hope that they will prove/disprove one of these suppositions of parentage of
James Byas.
According to one Bias family historian, Alan Bias, the Byars of Orange, Louisa & Hanover counties are well documented and
our James Byas does not fit with this group. The Byars/Byers in these counties are of Tidewater English descent, and family
history states that the Bias clan were of Scotch-Irish descent, and the Byers information agrees with this.
According to records of deeds, James located in Amherst County, VA in 1761. (The year the county was formed). From
History of Amherst County, the following historical information is given.
The exact year the first squatter or settler came to live in the Amherst County area has not been discovered, but the estimate
could be as early as 1710, because many men explored the mountains by way of the James River or by overland routes, with or
without official recognition. Besides the Buffalo and Indian roads, an Indian path led from the hunting ground and the James
River across the Piedmont to the Rappahannock River.
Robert Davis explored up the James River and found the trading station on the Amherst side about a half mile west of the Otter
Creek mouth. Later, he carved a plantation of his own out of the wilderness a few miles down the James near the mouth of the
Pedlar. This is the same area in Amherst County where James's sons lived In the latter part of the 1700's and the early 1800's.
It is often difficult to obtain factual dates of the seating of a plantation, the building of the home and the actual occupancy.
Often, the date of the land grant will be given as the date of the building of the house. This may well have taken place several
years later. People did not consider record keeping of paramount importance in the mid-eighteenth century.
The following land & census records have been located in Amherst Co., VA (formed in 1761 from Albemarle County) for
James and Elizabeth.
June 20, 1761 -
Survey was taken for 230A (no location)
March 10, 1762 - Bk E, Pg. 192, Deed recorded 230A (no location)
April 4, 1771 -
Bk E, Pg. 204, 53 A (no location)
Nov. 18, 1772 - James sold to Jas. Manees - 5 cows, pigs.
May 20, 1778 - Bk G, Pg. 41, 100A near Huff Cr. Top of Mt. Purchase of land by Mr. Slading on line of
James Byas.
Aug 2, 1784 Bk E, Pg. 526, property owned by James & Elizabeth - 170A on Huff Cr., which was
part of a patent to grantor at Williamsburg. 3 Aug 1771 - sold to Lemaster Cooksey. (Mr. Cooksey, in turn, sold this
land 1785). [It is to be noted that James and Elizabeth signed for the sale, so they were still alive at this time.
1783
- There was a James Bias living in the vicinity of Wolf Cr. [May have been our James, as son, Obediah, lived on
Wolfe Cr. at a later date.]
Children of James & Elizabeth: (Their birth dates would have been prior to 1755):
Lucy, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jonathan, Larkin, and Obediah
The following records are of the above children of James & Elizabeth Bias.
In Virginia's Colonial Soldiers the following information is given on pp. 44 & 51.
In October, 1776, the services of the minute-men were dispensed with, and they were encouraged to enter the regular
Continental army. To this memoranda, we are enabled through the valued investigation of Alexander Brown, Esq., a careful
and devoted student of Virginia history, to add the following roll (still incomplete) of Revolutionary soldiers. (among those
listed were) John Byas, Obadiah Byas, Larkin Byas, & Jeremiah Whitten from Amherst county (comprising the then territory
also of the present county of Nelson.) The Revolutionary War started in 1760 and ended in 1783.
There were ordered into service from Amherst county, June 21, 1781, by Daniel Gaines, colonel of militia, two hundred and
seventy-nine non-commissioned officers and privates, "to march to join the army commanded by the Hon. Maj. General
Marquis de la Fayette."
In 1787, Tax list B of Amherst Co., Dist. Of Wm Ware listed: Obediah, Larkin, Roling, and John. James was not listed. (Tt is
possible that he moved to Wolfe Creek where a Capt. James Bias was listed on the tithable rolls of 1783. The date of James'
death is unknown).
June 28, 1798 - Jer Whitten purchased 100A on Pigg Cr., adj. Jno Bias.
NOTE: This Jer. Whitten was father of Elizabeth who married James, s/o
Larkin Byas.
In 1810 Amherst County, VA ' census, there is listed a Lucy Bias 01000-001 (born before 1765). This Lucy may have been the
daughter of James, or the wife of a deceased Bias male. More probably, she was the daughter of James, although this is an
assumption and as yet unproven - some Bias researchers say that two other daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah belong to the list of
children for James & Elizabeth. This record is the only one found for Lucy.
In the same census, there was an Elizabeth Bias listed. It could not have been Elizabeth, wife of James. The only female was
16-26 years old, & the one male was under ten, so it is likely that she was the daughter of James and Elizabeth.
Also in the 1810 census, Jonathan Bias was listed as head of household with ...
1 male born 1755 or earlier; 1 male under 10; 1 male 10 and under 16; 1 female 26 and under 45 and 1 female under 10.
The following records are related to Larkin's son, James: Nov. 20, 1802 - James Bias/Byass married Eliz. Whitten Jeremiah
Whitten, father, deceased. Wm. Whitten, guardian.
Witnesses:
Larkin Byas, Berry Whitten, Jno C. Goode, Saml
Garland, David Bailey. (From SC 15906 service record where James servd Samuel B. Jeter's VA Mil., lived Amherst Co., VA)
1802 - Bk 4, pg. 361 - James Byas signed guardian book.
Sept. 6, 1805 - Bk E, pg 300 - Heirs of Jer Whitten, dec'd, as heirs - Jas. Bias & wife, Elizabeth & Ro. Knuckles wife.
Sept. 17, 1805 - Bk 1, pg. 384 - Jas Bias purchased 105 Acres branches of the James River. Surveyed by Cars (sic) Christian
Jr., taken from larger tract of heirs of Jerry Whitten decld.
Mar 19, 1808 - -Bk L, P. 13 - James Byass - 140 A on Cashew Cr. Joining land of Roland Byas.
Oct. 17, 1809 - Robert Knuckles & wife, Fannie, Mercer Co., (moved to KY) gave power of attorney to James Byas to sell 136
A of his land.
1839 - Bk 10, pg. 171 - Jas Bias of Larkin Byas signed admin. Bond for Matilda Byas (d/o Joel Byas).
Aug 30, 1845 - Bk 12, pg 70 Amherst Co., VA 1845 - Witness to slave hire - James Byas
Aug 30, 1848 - Witness to will probated - Jas Bias of Larkin Byas
The following records pertain to Roland/Rolin/Rolina Byas 1810 census of Augusta Co., VA - Rolin/Roling Byas - 1 male
45+; 1 male 16-26; 1 male 10-16; 3 males under 10;
Oct. 19, 1804 - Roland Byas was witness at marriage of Nancy Bias & Samll B. Mitchell.
Feb. 16, 1808 - Thomas Jenkins to Rolling Byas - acreage on headwaters of Otter Creek & Cocke's Wit: Larkin Byas
Mar 19, 1808 - Bk L, pg. 13 James Byass purchased 140 A on Cashew Cr. Joining land of Roland Byas.
1813 - Roland Byas mentioned as being on line of land purchased on Chestenut Mt. And Cashaw Creek.
1825 - Roland Byas and wife, Nancy, sold land to Larkin Bias
1834 - purchase of property on Pea Vine Mt. Adjoining "where Roland Byas lives".
NOTE: The following quadrants and description of property in Amherst County - taken from map from the Dept. of
Transportation of Virginia.
Otter Cr. Comes off Blue Ridge Pkw and flows south to James River. Quadrant 134A in Pedlar
District
Cashew Cr. On west side of Blue Ridge Pkw & flows to James River. Quadrant 134A in Pedlar
District
Pedlar Dist. Adjacent to Bedford & Rockbridge Counties. Quad 134A
Pedlar R. River starts at NW of Amherst Co., flows south to James R.
Huff Cr. Quadrant 133D - Flows from mt. into Buffalo River Rt. 60) Crosses over Huff Cr. As it
nears Buffalo River.)
Shackleford Mill Cr. - is not listed on current Albemarle Co. maps.
Fluvanna river - is not listed on current Amherst Co. maps. (in Fluvanna co., VA)
Chestnut Mt./Pea Vine Mt. - not listed on current Amherst Co. maps.
James Bias/Byas
By Alan Bias
James Byas first appears in Amherst County when he settles on a 1761 land grant issued to him on the headwaters of Otter
Creek. Just when he actually arrives is not known. Amherst County was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Deed book
entries for James Byas are found starting in 1761 in Amherst, however no prior entries are found in Albemarle or any of its
parent counties. Prior to this he apparently lived in Chester &/or Lancaster Counties of PA with his family. Unconfirmed
sources have him born ca 1722 in County Caven Ireland and arriving in America in 1734 with his parents and siblings. While
in PA he is reported to have married Elizabeth Larkin before settling in Amherst County. One or more of his offspring may
have been born in PA depending upon his arrival date in Virginia. Otherwise they were all born in Amherst on Otter Creek
near the James River where it passes through the Blue Ridge Mountains. This area is located in a portion of Amherst County
that lies west of the Blue Ridge in the Shenendoah Valley near Glascow, Rockbridge County. The majority of Amherst County
lies on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge in the Piedmont region of Central Virginia.
Most of the land James Byas and his sons recieved in land grants of later purchased is very rocky and rough in nature. Not
characteristic of the regions better farm land. In fact most of the land they settled is today part of the Blue Ridge Parkway or
National Forest land. The character of this land gave little support to its inhabitants and may have lended a hand in the
wandering nature of the Byas/Bias families sons in years to come.
James Byas appears to have died sometime between 1784 when he sold land and 1787 when he failed to be listed on the 1787
Tax and Census list for Virginia. No further trail of him has been found in Amherst County Court House records after this date.
His wife Elizabeth is listed on her own in later census info.
More About James Bias and Elizabeth Larkin:
Marriage: Abt. 1748, Pennsylvania
Children of James Bias and Elizabeth Larkin are:
88
i.
Obediah Bias, born Abt. 1750 in Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1835 in Logan County, (West) Virginia; married Shelia Bef.
1785 in Montgomery County, Virginia.
ii. Jonathan 'John' Bias, born Aft. 1752 in Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1835 in Amherst County, Virginia; married (1) Sarah;
met (2) Unknown Knuckles; born Bef. 1774.
More About Jonathan 'John' Bias:
Military: Revolutionary War
iii. Larkin Bias, born Abt. 1759 in Amherst County, Virginia; died Bef. November 1841 in Amherst County, Virginia;
married Mary Ellen 'Polly' in Amherst County, Virginia; born Bef. 1762; died Aft. 1810.
Notes for Larkin Bias:
Administration for Larkin Byars
Amherst County Will Book 10 page 387
Know all men by these presents that we James Byers & John D. Davis are held and firmly bound unto Wm Penn, Jas.
Pettyjohn, Zack Drummond & David Patterson Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Amherst County now sitting and to
their successors in office in the sum of Four thousand dollars current money of Virginia to which payment well and truly
to be made jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 20th day of September one
thousand eight hundred and forty-one and in the 66 year of the commonwealth. The condition of this obligation is that if
the said James Byers administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of Larkin Byers deceased do make a true and
perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to his
hands possessions or knowledge of him the said James Byers & to exhibit into the County Court of Amherst where he
shall be thereunto required by the said court and such goods, chattels and credits do well and truly administer according
to Law and further do make a just and true account of his actings and doings therein when hereto ___?___ by the said
court and his rest of the goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of his said
administrator the same being first examined and allowed by the Justices of the said court for the time being shall deliver
and pay unto such persons respectively as are entitled to the same by law and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will
and testament was made by the deceased and the same be proved in court and the executor obtain a certificate of the
probate thereof and the said James Byars do in such case being __?___ and delivered up his letters of administration
then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force.
James Byars (seal)
Jno D. Davis (seal)
At a Court held for Amherst County on the 20th day of September 1841 this bond was acknowledged in open court by
the party's thereunto and ordered to be recorded
Teste
Sam M. Garland ck
Appraisal Larkin Byars Estate
Amherst County Will Book 10 page 399
An Inventory & appraisement of the personal estate of Larkin Byars deceased of the County of Amherst made by
Archibald Reynolds, James Davis & Lindsey Davis Freeholders of said county and appointed by the County Court of
Amherst to appraise the said estate
1 small sack of wheat
$ 3.00
1 yoke of ? oxen & yoke
40.00
1 pied Saw horn cow
12.00
1 heifer white & red
5.00
1 no horned heifer
4.00
1 Black & white cow
8.00
1 Bull calf
2.00
1 Ox cart
14.00
a parcel of flax
.75
a parcel of lone blade Fodder
1.00
4?
do do
5.00
Woman Rose
75.00
''''''''''Eve 200.00
''''''''''Rachel & Child Eliza 500.00
''''''''''Patience & Child Byr? 400.00
Girl Sally not of sound mind
100.00
Boy Henry
150.00
Child Mary
125.00
1 Bay H??se 15 yrs old
25.00
1 scythe ?radle
1.00
2 ?loughs & single tree
1.50
4 Axes 1.00
6 Ho? 1.50
Leather collar ? chains
1.25
?
.75
?
1.00
?
.50
?
2.00
1 can & 2 Bi??
.75
1 old shotgun
2.00
?
.25
1 Large ? desk & 2 Basins 1.00
Queens ware dish, 4 Plates 2 ? cups & 3 saucers ____.28
1684.63
Amount brought forward
1684.63
6 tablespoons, common 3 old knives & forks
1 tin bucket
.25
2 ? & 2 bottles
.80
1 small walnut table
2.00
3 Sp? Bo? ?
.10
1 pine cupboard 1.00
1 ? Candle stick & snuffers 1.13
2?
1.00
2?
15.00
?
.50
1?
1.06
2 ? & 2 shoats
_ 10.00
1708.92
James Davis
Lindsey Davis
Archibald Reynolds
.75
Amherst County to with this day James Davis, Archibald Reynolds and Lindsey Davis made oath that they had
appraised the Estate above named to the best ? and judgment and the aforesaid list of property is there return given under
my hand this 15the day of November 1841.
Elliot Wortham J?
At a Court held for Amherst County on the 15th day of November 1841 this Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of
Larkin Byars dec'd. was produced in open court and ordered to be recorded
Teste
Sam M. Garland ck
More About Larkin Bias:
Military: Revolutionary War
More About Larkin Bias and Mary:
Marriage: Amherst County, Virginia
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
Unknown Bias, born Bef. 1765 in Amherst County, Virginia; died Bef. 1834; married Lucy; born Bef. 1765.
Elizabeth Bias, born Aft. 1765 in Amherst County, Virginia.
Sarah Bias, born Aft. 1766 in Amherst County, Virginia.
Roland Bias, born Abt. 1767 in Amherst County, Virginia; died Abt. 1838 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; married
(1) Unknown Bef. 1788 in Amherst County, Virginia; married (2) Nancy Jenkins September 14, 1804 in Amherst
County, Virginia; born Abt. 1780; died Bef. 1850; married (3) Sally Mayes December 24, 1833 in Kanawha County,
(West) Virginia; born Bef. 1813.
Notes for Roland Bias:
Like the Obediah Byases, there were several Roland Biases. The oldest of these died about 1838 (s/o James &
Elizabeth), leaving as his heirs - Richard S. Ellis of Amherst County. Elisha Ormandorff of Cabell County, a James
Bias, and Samuel Nicely, who lived near the mouth of Merritt's Creek below Salt Rock, WV.
More About Roland Bias and Nancy Jenkins:
Marriage: September 14, 1804, Amherst County, Virginia
184. John Miller, born November 09, 1733 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died June 01, 1826 in
Monroe County, (West) Virginia. He was the son of 368. Jacob Miller and 369. Margaret 'Catherine or Charlotte'
Mueller. He married 185. Barbary Mauze Abt. 1765 in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
185. Barbary Mauze, born Abt. 1737 in France; died Abt. 1826 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
Notes for John Miller:
Church records, 1730-1846 Christ Lutheran Church (Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Church record of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus) , b. 1852
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at the Tulpehocken nearby the Northkill Early, J. W. (John W.)
Birth Index: Southeastern Pennsylvania 1680-1800
Name: John Mueller
Child's Birth/Baptism Date: 9 Nov 1733
Location: Tulpehocken Lutheran Church Jefferson Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania
County: Berks
State: Pennsylvania
Father: John Jacob Mueller
Mother: Mrs ??? Mueller
Mother's Comments: Wife
John, b. in Penna. of John Jacob Mueller and wife, b. November 9, 1733; bapt. November 16, 1733 by Philip Boehm, Ref. Past
at White Marsh. Sponsors: John Henr. Fagner and Mary Elizabeth Barbara Schneider.
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In the name of God Amen. I, John Miller, of the county of Monroe and the state of Virginia and an inhabitant of Indian Creek
do make and declare this my last will and testament, which is inscribed with my own hand to be my last will and testament,
revolking all others. In the first place I will and ordain that all my just debts be paid.
Secondly my will is that whereas I have given to my daughter, Elizabeth Canefax that portion of property part that I allowed
her at her marriage and to prevent any contention after my decease, to prevent the same I will and bequeath to her 1 dollar out
of my personal property.
Thirdly, in the same manner I have given to my sons, John Miller, Michael Miller and George Miller their portion all lands
which they agreed as their portion, but to prevent disputes after my decrease, I will and bequeath to each of them one dollar to
be paid out of my personal estate.
Fourth I will and bequeath to my son, Henry Miller, 70 acres of land on which he now lives and is laid down in a deed drawn
by David Graham and marked A.
Fifth I will and bequeath to my son, Adam Miller, the land on which he now lives, containing 118 acres and laid down by a
deed drawn by David Graham and marked B.
Sixth I will and bequeath to my son, Daniel Miller, 58 acres of land on which he now lives in a deed drawn by David Graham
and marked C.
Seventh I will and bequeath to my son, Moses Miller 58 acres of land on which he now lives and is laid out with a deed by
David Graham and is labeled D.
Whereas I have not left any of my land property to my son Jacob Miller I am inclined to believe that I have given over a
portion of my land to my sons, Henry Miller, Adam Miller and Joseph Miller, my will therefore is that my son Henry Miller
pay my son Jacob Miller the sum of 33.14. Adam Miller is to pay Jacob Miller the sum of 60.oo and also Moses Miller to pay
my son Jacob Miller 40.99 in all amounting to 40lbs which I allowed to my son, Jacob Miller as his part of my estate.
Ninth for my person estate is that it remain of my son, Adam Miller and my beloved wife, Barbara, if it should be the will og
God that I die before her, my will is that she be a full liberty to dispose of my
bedding and clothing as she sees fit.
I also appoint, Adam Mann, my sister's son, the Executor of this my last will and testament. I se
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More About John Miller:
Christened: November 16, 1733, Tulpehocken Lutheran Church, Jefferson Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania
More About John Miller and Barbary Mauze:
Marriage: Abt. 1765, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Children of John Miller and Barbary Mauze are:
i.
Elizabeth Miller, born September 26, 1767 in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virginia; died Abt. 1835 in Nicholas
County, (West) Virginia; married William Carnifax June 19, 1784 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia;
born July 01, 1758 in poss. Virginia; died June 1836 in Nicholas County, (West) Virginia.
More About William Carnifax and Elizabeth Miller:
Marriage: June 19, 1784, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia
ii. John Miller, Jr., born December 07, 1768 in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virginia; died Bet. 1850 - 1855 in Rock
Creek, Boone County, (West) Virginia; married Sarah Brown November 25, 1791 in Greenbier County, (West) Virginia;
born Abt. 1767 in Virginia; died Aft. 1850 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
More About John Miller and Sarah Brown:
Marriage: November 25, 1791, Greenbier County, (West) Virginia
92
iii. Michael Miller, born Abt. 1770 in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virginia; died Abt. 1862 in Monroe County, (West)
Virginia; married Mary Elizabeth 'Dolly' Smith February 24, 1791 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia.
iv. Jacob Miller, born September 08, 1771 in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virginia; died Abt. 1825 in Rock Creek,
Logan County, (West) Virginia; married Mary Stephenson; born Abt. 1772 in Augusta County, Virginia.
v. Joseph Miller, born Aft. 1772.
vi. Henry Miller, born January 16, 1774 in Rockbridge County, Virginia; died 1862 in Old Monroe, Monroe County, (West)
Virginia; married (1) Sarah 'Sally' Black July 23, 1793 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born Bef. 1775; married
(2) Rhoda Brooking May 27, 1799 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1779 in Virginia; died February 19,
1854 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About Henry Miller and Rhoda Brooking:
Marriage: May 27, 1799, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
vii.
Adam Miller, born July 12, 1778 in Cook's Fort, Indian Creek, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died 1844
in at his home on Hans Creek, Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married Letha Canterbury May 13, 1814 in Monroe
County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1796 in Kanawha (Logan) County, (West) Virginia; died June 13, 1874 in Little
Cole, Boone County, West Virginia.
More About Adam Miller and Letha Canterbury:
Marriage: May 13, 1814, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
viii.
George Miller, born November 16, 1780 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1840 in Jackson
County, Ohio; married Nancy Flinn November 03, 1800 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1776 in
Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died Abt. 1850 in Harrison County, Missouri.
Notes for George Miller:
Sources:
Title: 1830 Federal Population Census: Ohio: Jackson County
Text: p. 102, Lick Twp
George Miller
1 male 0-5 yrs, 2 males 20-30 yrs, 1 male 40-50 yrs (mistake?), 2 females 0-5 yrs, 1 female 10-15 yrs, 1 female 15-20
yrs, 3 females 20-30 yrs, 1 female 50-60 yrs
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Census: 1830, Jackson County, Ohio
Notes for Nancy Flinn:
Nancy Miller was abducted by American Indians in Virginia around in the 1790's. Before she was freed she had given
birth to Elizabeth.
More About George Miller and Nancy Flinn:
Marriage: November 03, 1800, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
ix.
Daniel Miller, born Abt. 1782 in at Cook's Fort, Indian Creek, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died 1867
in Turtle Creek, Boone County, West Virginia; married Elizabeth Comer February 02, 1801 in Monroe County, (West)
Virginia; born Abt. 1783 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died September 25, 1853 in Turtle Creek,
Boone County, (West) Virginia.
More About Daniel Miller and Elizabeth Comer:
Marriage: February 02, 1801, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
x.
Moses Miller, born June 15, 1785 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1860 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia;
married Ruth Canterbury June 15, 1812 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1790 in Greenbier County,
(West) Virginia; died Abt. 1881 in Cabell County, West Virginia.
More About Moses Miller and Ruth Canterbury:
Marriage: June 15, 1812, Monroe County, (West) Virginia
188. Louis Michel Mitchell, born Abt. 1735 in France. He married 189. Mary 'Marie' Bef. 1757 in France.
189. Mary 'Marie', born Abt. 1737 in France.
More About Louis Mitchell and Mary:
Marriage: Bef. 1757, France
Child of Louis Mitchell and Mary is:
94
i.
Joshua Mitchell, born Abt. 1757 in Paris, France; died Abt. September 1847 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia;
married (1) Nancy Ross Abt. 1782 in Rockingham County, Virginia; married (2) Elizabeth Stigger Stiggard December
27, 1788 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
Generation No. 9
328. Thomas Smoot, born Abt. 1634 in York County, Virginia; died April 08, 1668 in St. Marys County, Maryland. He
was the son of 656. William Smoot and 657. Grace Wood. He married 329. Jane Batten Abt. 1655.
329. Jane Batten, born Abt. 1635; died Aft. 1669. She was the daughter of 658. William Batten and 659. Mary.
Notes for Thomas Smoot:
Notes supplied by Donna Bott, Valdese, North Caroline:
Planter, owned livestock, Served on a jury, filed suits!
14 Nov 1665: Thomas Smoot ack. ensuring note to his father, William Smoot, Thomas delivers up the child, William
Hungerford, and his estate to his father during his life and after his decease child and estate return to Thomas.
Settlers of Maryland 1679-1700; Peter Wilson Coldham:
Cahrles Co., Smoot's Chance"; 160 acres; 15 Apr 1687.\
Meet Your Ancestors, Noland (Hubbard) Bowling:
Thomas Smoote
Thomas Smoote Sr. returned to his father, William Smoote, on Nov 14, 1665 the care of the child William Hungerford. Liber
B, Page 492. This return of his nephew to the care of his father was at a Court in Nov 1665 and it was perhaps due to his own
health. Thomas Smoote passed away sometime in the year 1666 assumed from the date of his inventory. On Nov 18, 1673,
Robert Rowland, who had married Mrs. Joan (Batten) Smoote, the widow of Thomas Smoote, was appointed guardian of
William Hungerford, son of William Hungerford, deceased. William Barton Jr., the former stepfather of William Hungerford
was present as commissioner. Liber E, Page 139. This indicates that William Smoote, the grandfather was deceased before that
date, At that time William Hungerford was 16 years old.
More About Thomas Smoot and Jane Batten:
Marriage: Abt. 1655
Children of Thomas Smoot and Jane Batten are:
164
i.
William Smoot, born Abt. 1656 in Pickawaxon Hundred, Charles County, Maryland; died April 30, 1707 in Copley
Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia; married Eleanor Vealey.
ii. Thomas Smoot, born Abt. 1667 in Pickawaxon Hundred, Charles County, Maryland; died January 30, 1703/04 in
Charles County, Maryland; married Elizabeth Barton June 15, 1688 in William and Mary, Charles County, Maryland;
born February 27, 1670/71.
More About Thomas Smoot and Elizabeth Barton:
Marriage: June 15, 1688, William and Mary, Charles County, Maryland
330. Morris Vealey, born Bef. 1658; died Abt. 1696. He married 331. Dorothy.
331. Dorothy, died Aft. May 1715.
Notes for Morris Vealey:
Will: 3 OCT 1695 Probated July 29, 1696
Morris Vealey will:
In the name of God amen I Morris Veale of the County of Westmoreland and Washington Parish, being very Sick and weak of
body but of Perfect mind & memory make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following Revoking
all other Wills and Testaments by me formerly made Viz
Imprimis I give and bequath my immortal Soul unto the hands of my maker & Redeemer from whence I received the same, and
my body I Committ to my Mother Earth of which it was formed and made to be decently intered at the discression of my Exrs
or Extx hereafter named and as to my worldly Goods I give and beguath in manner form as followeth Viz
Secondly I give and bequath my Land and plantation I now live upon to be equally devided betwixt my three Sons, Morris,
John and William to be possessed by them when they shall arrive at the respective age of 21, unless my Wife shall happen to
marry then it it my will my said Sons shall be of Age at 16 years ---, otherwise, if she Continue a Widow to live work and
remain with her untill they arrive at the full age of 21, and in case of Mortality of any of my three Sons aforesaid the Survivor
or Survivors to Possess and enjoy what is here given.
3rdly Item It is my Will that my daughter Amey have and Possess those two cows which are now called hers, with their
increase, and also one gray horse to be delivered at the day of her marriage, both and what household goods my Executors shall
give at her Marriage I commit the same to her motherly Prudence.
4thly I give and bequath unto my Daughter Elenor two cows and one mare with their future Increase, to be delivered her also at
the day of her Marriage, and for household Goods I leave it to the discression of my loving Wife & Extx.
5thly It is my will my Daughter Mary have and enjoy these four head of Cattle which now goeth by the name of hers, they with
all their future Increase to be delivered her at the day of her marriage, and as to theremaining part of my Personall estate, I
wholy committ it to the donation and discression of my loving Wife & Extx.
6thly It is my Will my loving Wife Dorothy bee my whole and sole Extx of this my last Will and Testament.
7thly It is my will and desire that my loving friends & neighbors Darby Sullivant, Richard Hencock and Toias Butler be
Trustees & overseers of this my last Will & Testament, to see it performed for the good and benefit of my Children, and for the
greater ease of Sd Wife & Extx.
8thly it is my Will my Son Morris & son John have each of them have a Gun which are now in my house & possession.
In Confirmation whereof of the before recited premises, and of every article therein Contained I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this 3rd day of October ana Dom 1695.
Morris Veale
Witness were James Taylor and Richard Hancock
The will was proved 29 July 1696 by both witnesses.
Child of Morris Vealey and Dorothy is:
165
i.
Eleanor Vealey, born Abt. 1678; died Abt. 1746 in St. Marys County, Maryland; married William Smoot.
368. Jacob Miller, born Abt. 1702 in Hesselbach, Hessen, Germany; died December 18, 1772 in Augusta County,
Virginia. He was the son of 736. John Peter Mueller Miller and 737. Ann Margaretha. He married 369. Margaret
'Catherine or Charlotte' Mueller Abt. 1725 in Faulkners Swamp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
369. Margaret 'Catherine or Charlotte' Mueller, born Abt. 1704 in Germany; died April 15, 1777 in Augusta
(Rockingham) County, Virginia.
Notes for Jacob Miller:
In 1715 he came to Philadelphia from Germany at age 13.
Germans use their middle name if given one.
This Miller family information begins with Jacob Miller born in abt 1702 in Germany. At the age of 12, he sailed to America.
From the best and most authentic records in our family tradition it is stated that he met a young lady with the same last name as
his, Miller on the voyage. She was from another part of Germany and was not related to him. During the long trip, they became
well acquainted even though one spoke High German and the other spoke Low German. Their affections grew with time and in
1725 they were married. They lived together on a farm about thirty miles from Philadelphia near a place called Falkner's
Swamp.
The above story has caused many confusions, and if Jacob Müller came over when they say he did and met and woman some
say is Margaret and some say Catherine, and they can't decide. One thing Germans are known for is using their Middle name,
and the only possibility I can see now, is that it was Anna Catherina Müller that came over and married Jacob.
I have looked up Jacob Miller, John Jacob Miller in every form I can and all I find on the ship passenger lists all arrived abt
1727 or later. Or earlier than 1725 and no one else came with him.
So I tried Jacob Müller, and if you spell it Müller with the two dots above the u it is pronounced Mueller. And most people are
sworn in on the same day the ship comes in and, some marry that very same year, as what I have here is the only thing that
makes this story work.
Individual: Jacob Müller
Place: America
Year: 1725
Primary Individual: Müller, Jacob
Source Code: 5877
Source Name:
MUNDEL, HEDWIG. "A 1725 List of Wittgenstein Emigrants." Translated and edited by Don Yoder. In The Pennsylvania
Genealogical Magazine, vol. 26:3 (1970), pp. 133-143.
Source Annotation:
Names of 389 emigrants from Westphalia, approximately half of whom "secretly absconded to Pennsylvania."
Source Page #: 141
A 1725 List of Wittgenstein Emigrants
Confessed as on the point of secretly going away, therefore arrested and released on bail:
Fishelbach District
From Fischelbach
244. Andreas Müller, 245. Gertraud Müller, 246. Christian Müller, 247. Peter Müller, 248. Dorothea Müller,
249. Conrad Weiss, 250, Christinia Weiss, 251. Johannes Weiss, 252. Ludwig Weiss, 253. Susanna Weiss,
254. Louise Weiss, 255. Agnes Weiss, 256. Henrich Wieck, the elder, 257. Anna Elisabeth Wieck, 258. Johann Henrich
Woeck, 259. Tobias Wieck, 260, Margaretha Wieck. 261. Henrich Hayn, 262. Sophia Hayn, born Wieck, 263. Margaretha
Hayn. 254. Henrich Wieck, the younger, 265, Anna Elisabeth Wieck, 266. Christian Wieck,
267. Anna Elisabeth Wieck.
From Hesselbach
268. Peter Müller, 269. Henrich Müller, 270. Paul Müller, 271. Hanns Hermann Daum, 272. Johann Christian Daum, 273.
Catharina Daum, 274. Anna Catharina Daum, 275. Anna Maria Reuter. 276. Jacob Müller,
277. Gertraud Müller, 278. Johann Christian Müller, 279. Johannes Müller, 280. Conrad Müller, 281. Michael Müller, Anna
Catharina Müller, 283. Anna Elisabeth Müller. 284. Paul Dreysbach, Catharina Dreysbach,
286. Johannes Dreysbach, 287. Hermann Dreysbach. 288. Catharina Dreysbach.
There was also families from Banff, Puderbach, Stüntzel, and from Feudingen. But there was no Müller from these areas.
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More About Jacob Miller and Margaret Mueller:
Marriage: Abt. 1725, Faulkners Swamp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Children of Jacob Miller and Margaret Mueller are:
i.
Henry Miller, born Abt. 1726 in Faulkners Swamp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died in Rockingham County,
Virginia.
ii. George Miller, born Abt. 1728 in Faulkners Swamp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1815 in (prob.)
Madison Co., KY or IN.
Notes for George Miller:
George Miller, no record of birth and death or marriage.) He crossed the mountains with the others in 1775, stayed
awhile on Indian Creek, but moved on westward into Kentucky, possibly around 1810, and settled in Madison County,
south of Lexington. We understand he had a family of 14 children, but no further record at hand.
iii. Jacob Miller, Jr., born May 12, 1728 in Jefferson Twp., Berks County, Pennsylvania; died April 13, 1806 in Monroe
County, (West) Virginia; married (1) Elizabeth Fudge November 07, 1758 in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virgina;
born Bef. 1738 in Augusta County, Virginia; died March 13, 1777 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia;
married (2) Margaret Sullivan March 16, 1778 in Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1759 in
Augusta (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia; died Aft. 1796 in Kanawha (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia.
Notes for Jacob Miller, Jr.:
Jacob, Jr., born in 1726, died 1806, married twice: First, Eizabeth Fudge in 1746 who bore him 9 children; 8 living to
maturity. She died 3-13-1777, after they crossed the Allegheny Mountains and settled on Rich Creek just west of the
present village of Lindside, Monroe Co, WV. Second, Margaret Sullivan, Who bore him 7 children.
Church records, 1730-1846 Christ Lutheran Church (Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Church record of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus) , b. 1852
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at the Tulpehocken nearby the Northkill Early, J. W. (John W.)
Birth Index: Southeastern Pennsylvania 1680-1800
Name: John Jacob Mueller
Child's Birth/Baptism Date: 12 May 1728
Location: Tulpehocken Lutheran Church Jefferson Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania
County: Berks
State: Pennsylvania
Father: John Jacob Mueller
Mother: Mrs ??? Mueller
Mother's Comments: Wife
John Jacob of John Jacob Mueller and wife, b. May 12, 1728; bapt. September 26, 1728. Sponsors: Fredr. Wm. Beckle
and Christopher Haist and Joseph Rohr and Joh. David Bauer.
Rich Creek, Greenbrier, West Virginia is now Rich Creek, Monroe, West Virginia
Place Greenbrier, West Virginia
Notes 1777, created from Botetourt and Montgomery counties (Virginia).
Place Monroe, West Virginia
Notes Created from Greenbrier County in 1799.
This is why Jacob and Elixzabeth look like they are buried in two different areas.
Jacob Miller, born in 1728, grew up on in his father's home on the farm in PA, but later relocated to Rockingham
County, VA. He is said to have been a very strong, well-proportioned man a full six feet in height. His wife, Elizabeth,
could stand under his outstretched arm without her head touching his arm. He was a farmer but was also considered a
first-rate blacksmith. He and Elizabeth were married in 1748 had nine children: Jacob, Charles, Mary, Elizabeth,
Katherine, Barbary, John, and George b. 10/05/1774.
The family moved to Rockingham County, Virginia in 1775. Two years later in 1777, Elizabeth died.
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In the name of God Amen. The 13 day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred. I, Jacob Miller, of
the county of Monroe and the state of Virginia, being in perfect health and strength of mind though weak and infirmed in
body, and calling to mind that it is appointed for all men to once die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament
that is to say.
Item One I will and require that all my just debts (which are bur few) shall be speedily and punctually pai
Item Two: I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Margaret Miller, the 3rd part of Dower of that part of land I now live
on. That I bequeath to my son, Joseph Miller; or her option to be decently and conveniently supported by my son, Joseph
Miller in either choice, for and during her natural life, except the latter then to be during her Widowhood. Also her
choice of one horse, one feather bed to be her actual property and at her disposal as well as a child part in all of my
personal property.
Item Three: I give and bequeath to my son, John Miller, all that tract of land I bought of John Houchins, Sen. lying on
the dry fork of Rich Creek, containing 200 acres by patent. Also the balance of patent on the Fork and above the
aforesaid mentioned land, the residence of which I formerly deeded to John Houchins SR., and is now in the possession
of his heirs to be in the full and actual possession of my son John Miller and his heirs forever, with this Reserve, it is my
will and I do require the same that the first mentioned tract of 200 acres on which there is a noted Lick called Clay Lick
is in the possession of my son John Miller in case it should be the wish of him or any of my sons in the State and County
to make Trial for Salt at the said lick, they all Viz my son, John Miller, George Miller, Peter Miller and Joseph Miller,
shall if they choose be equal Adainturesy in loss of profit of the attempt, and if any of my sons aforesaid should think
not to be proper not to be the Expense of searching for salt at the said Lick in case of success they are not to have any
share of the profit.
Item Four: I give and bequesth to my son, George Miller, all that tract or
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More About Jacob Miller, Jr.:
Christened: September 26, 1728, Tulpehocken Lutheran Church, Jefferson Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania
More About Jacob Miller and Margaret Sullivan:
Marriage: March 16, 1778, Greenbrier (Monroe) County, (West) Virginia
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iv.
v.
vi.
John Miller, born November 09, 1733 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died June 01, 1826 in
Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married Barbary Mauze Abt. 1765 in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Christian Miller, born Abt. 1735 in Jefferson Twp., Berks County, Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1800 in Rockingham County,
Virginia; married Catherine Conrad; born Abt. 1735.
Mary Elizabeth Barbara Miller, born September 09, 1736 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; married
John Hess; born Bef. 1736.
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Barbara Miller:
Church record of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus) ,
b. 1852
Church records, 1730-1846 Christ Lutheran Church (Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Church record of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus) , b. 1852
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at the Tulpehocken nearby the Northkill Early, J. W. (John W.)
Birth Index: Southeastern Pennsylvania 1680-1800
Name: Mary Elizabeth Barbara Mueller
Child's Birth/Baptism Date: 9 Sep 1736
Location: Tulpehocken Lutheran Church Jefferson Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania
County: Berks
State: Pennsylvania
Father: John Jacob Mueller
Mother: Mrs ??? Mueller
Mother's Comments: Wife
Mary Elizabeth Barbara of John Jacob Mueller and wife, b. September 9, 1736; bapt. September 28, 1736. Sponsors:
John Henr. Fagner and Mary Elizabeth Barbara Schneider.
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vii.
viii.
Hannah Miller, born Aft. 1737 in Rockingham County, Virginia; married Jacob Kershner; born Abt. 1732 in Germany;
died 1776 in was..
Barbary Miller, born Abt. 1739 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1819 in Indian Creek,
Monroe County, (West) Virginia; married John Jacob Mann Abt. 1756 in Augusta County, Virgina; born December 03,
1724 in Kraichgau, Wurttemberg, Baden, Germany; died Aft. 1810 in Indian Creek, Monroe County, (West) Virginia.
More About John Jacob Mann:
Military: Revolutionay War Veteran
More About John Mann and Barbary Miller:
Marriage: Abt. 1756, Augusta County, Virgina
ix.
Katherine Miller, born Abt. 1741 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died in Madison County,
Kentucky; married George Conrad; born Bef. 1741; died in Kentucky.
Notes for Katherine Miller:
Event 1: 1775 Crossed the mountains.
Residence: Lived at Gap Milles; moved to Kentucky; finally moved to Texas
x.
xi.
Margaret Miller, born Aft. 1742 in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Mathias Miller, born October 18, 1743 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died December 1805 in
Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia; married (1) Anna Maria Moyer in Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virgina;
born Abt. 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia; died Abt. 1815 in Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia; married (2)
Susannah Catherine Miller Abt. 1770 in Timberville, Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virgina; born February 22,
1743/44; died April 14, 1777 in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; married (3) Catherine Aulenbach
May 17, 1777 in Jefferson Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1745 in Jefferson Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania; died July 17, 1782 in Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia.
Notes for Mathias Miller:
Church records, 1730-1846 Christ Lutheran Church (Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Church record of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus) , b. 1852
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at the Tulpehocken nearby the Northkill Early, J. W. (John W.)
Birth Index: Southeastern Pennsylvania 1680-1800
Name: Mathias Mueller
Child's Birth/Baptism Date: 18 Oct 1743
Location: Tulpehocken Lutheran Church Jefferson Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania
County: Berks
State: Pennsylvania
Father: John Jacob Mueller
Mother: Mrs ??? Mueller
Mother's Comments: Wife
Mathias of John Jacob Mueller and wife, b. October 18, 1743; bapt. November 6, 1743 by Joh. Casp. Stoever. Sponsors:
Matthias Schmidt and wife.
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More About Mathias Miller:
Christened: November 06, 1743, Tulpehocken Lutheran Church Jefferson Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania
More About Mathias Miller and Susannah Miller:
Marriage: Abt. 1770, Timberville, Augusta (Rockingham) County, Virgina
Generation No. 10
656. William Smoot, born Abt. 1596 in England; died Abt. 1670 in Charles County, Maryland. He married 657. Grace
Wood Abt. 1634 in England.
657. Grace Wood, born August 31, 1601 in Essex, England; died January 14, 1665/66. She was the daughter of 1314.
Richard Wood and 1315. Ann Littlechild.
Notes for William Smoot:
The following notes were supplied by Donna Bott of Valdese, North Carolina:
Was in London in 1633 as a member of the Boatwright Guild. He agreed to work for 50 days in Virginia for Colonel Thomas
Burbage, sailing from England to settle at Hampton, York County (now Elizabeth City, VA). It is not clear exactly when he
came to America.
First public record 24 Feb 1642 when granted 400 acres of land in Yorke County on the north side of the Charles River near the
head of Tymber Creek. To Maryland in 1646; lived on 300 acres, "Smoote", in Poplar Hill Hundred, St. Mary's County. Also
400 acres, "Smootly" in Manor of West St. Mary's on the west side of Wicomico River at the head of Smoot's Branch.
Probably raised in England and took oath there or in Virginia.
Planter, carpenter, shipwright. He designed and built vessels used in trade between Maryland and Virginia. How big these
vessels or enterprise is not clear, two vessels were pinnaces, small sailing ships.
In 1644 William Smute gave George Codd 3 barrels of corn and clothes for fulfilling his indentured service.
William Smute fought in the campaign against the Pamunky and Chicka hominy Indians, receiving 600 pounds of tobacco 1
Oct 1644 for his services.
12 Jun 1647 granted by Lord Baltimore's Land Office 300 acres near the mouth of Herring Creek on the manor of New Towne
in what is now St. Mary's County, MD.
17 Apr 1650, William Smoot and his son-in-law, William Hungerford, signed Stone's declaration saying "We the said
Lieutenant, Council, Burgesses, and other Protestant inhabitants (enjoy) all fitting and convenient freedom and liberty in the
exercise of our religion under his Lordship's Government and interest."
Per Timothy A. Colcord from his collection at the Charles County Community College, La Plata, MD; lived at Wicomica
River.
William was alive when his wife died in Jan 1666 but dead by 1670.
"The Smootes of Maryland and Virginia"; Mr. Harry Wright Newman:
The Smoote family, who were William Smoote's ancestors of earlier days, were natives of Netherland. Marriages occured
between the House of Smoote and the noblity and gentry of that Province. A coat-of-arms was found. William Smoote of
Maryland had the name and traditions of the Dutch House
of Smoot and those in Maryland bore a coat-of-arms.
Meet Your Ancestors, Noland (Hubbard) Bowling:
Aug 1637, William Smoote witnessed the deed of William Reynolds to Thomas Denham. Deeds, Orders, Wills No. 1, page 64
York Co., VA.
At some time William Smoote paid for the transportation of eight persns to the Virginia Colony. The names of these people
were omitted on the patent he received. It is normal to think they were members of his own family and perhaps some who
would be in his employment. They positively arrived some time before the following patent was granted to him, quoting; "To
all &c whereas now known yee that give and grant unto William Smeete fouer hundred acres of Land in the Countie of Yorke
neare the head of a Creeke called Tymber Neck Creeke on the north side of Charles river beginning at certaine marked trees
that runs from Timber Neck Creeke north northwest three hundred eightie pole and divides this Land from the Lands of
McMinifer and from thence East north East two hundred and fiftie poles South South East into a branch of Timber Neck
Creeke and then down the branch unto he marked trees where it begann which four hundred acres of land being due unto him
by and for the transportation of eight persons into this Colony to have and to hold &c to bee held &c yarling and paying &c
which payment is to bee made seaven years after this iiiith of February 1642. Cavaliers & Pioneers - Nugent.
William Smoote and family resided in Yor Co., VA in the years 1642 to 1646. He was a boatwright during those years and
attended to his affairs through the courts as was the custom of that era. They resided in Hampton and it was there that he
carried on his construction of various types of boats, such as the early settlers needed. He moved to Maryland in 1645. He
placed his estate into the possession of Joseph Hill who stood bound with him for a debt to be paid to Ashwell Batten on the
following Nov 10, 1645. This covered his real estate and personal property.
Apr 6, 1646, a survey was ordered for 300 acres of land for William Smoote, his wife and his two children, who came into the
Province in 1646.
At some time in Virginia William Smoote married the second time Mrs. Grace Wood, a widow. They were the parents of
Elizabeth Wood - William Smoote named Elizabeth as his wife's daughter.
There has not been found anything regarding any administration of his estate. They may have been lost.
More About William Smoot and Grace Wood:
Marriage: Abt. 1634, England
Child of William Smoot and Grace Wood is:
328
i.
Thomas Smoot, born Abt. 1634 in York County, Virginia; died April 08, 1668 in St. Marys County, Maryland; married
Jane Batten Abt. 1655.
658. William Batten, born Bef. 1615. He married 659. Mary.
659. Mary
Child of William Batten and Mary is:
329
i.
Jane Batten, born Abt. 1635; died Aft. 1669; married Thomas Smoot Abt. 1655.
736. John Peter Mueller Miller, born Bef. 1681 in Germany. He married 737. Ann Margaretha Abt. 1701 in Germany.
737. Ann Margaretha, born in Germany.
More About John Miller and Ann:
Marriage: Abt. 1701, Germany
Children of John Miller and Ann are:
368
i.
Jacob Miller, born Abt. 1702 in Hesselbach, Hessen, Germany; died December 18, 1772 in Augusta County, Virginia;
married Margaret 'Catherine or Charlotte' Mueller Abt. 1725 in Faulkners Swamp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
ii. Adam Mueller Miller, born November 17, 1703 in Schresheim, Baden, Germany; died Abt. 1783 in Lithia Springs,
Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia; married Anna Maria Barbara Koger in Lamsheim Palatinate, Germany; born Abt.
1709 in Augen, Baden-Durlach, Germany; died Abt. 1794 in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Notes for Adam Mueller Miller:
A History of Rockingham County
John W. Wayland Ph.D.
A HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
CHAPTER III.
THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS
1727 - 1738
"We are now coming to the time of permanent settlement, which we are able to fix some five years earlier than 1732, the
date so long accepted as marking the beginnings in the Valley. In 1732 Jost Hite, with a number of other Germans,
settled in the section now marked by Winchester; and in the same year John Lewis, with a number of other Scotch-Irish,
located at or near the place where Staunton now stands; but it appears that as early as 1727 Adam Miller, a German,
perhaps with a few others of his own nationality, was staking out claims on the south fork of the Shenandoah River, on
or near the line that now divides Rockingham County from Page.
On March 13, 1741-2, Adam Miller received from Governor William Gooch a certificate of naturalization, which recites
that the said Miller had been a resident on the Shenandoah for the past fifteen years. This fixes the date of his first
settlement in 1726-27. (4) In 1733, eight men, Adam Miller being one, addressed Governor Gooch in a petition, praying
him to confirm their title to 5000 acres of land in Massanutting, purchased about four years past for more than 400
pounds from Jacob Stover, reciting that they had moved upon the said land from Pennsylvania immediately after the
purchase, and that they had located thereon at the time of the petition nine plantations and 51 people. (5) This would fix
the date of settlement of the Massanutting colony in 1729 or 1730."
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CHAPTER IV.
ROCKINGHAM AS PART OF AUGUSTA.
1738 - 1777.
"Towards evening a man from another district, Adam Mueller, (7) passed. I told him that I would like to come to his
house and preach there. He asked me if I were sent by God. I answered, yes. He said, if I were sent by God I would be
welcome, but he said, there are at present so many kinds of people, that often one does not know where they come from.
I requested him to notify his neighbors that I would preach on the 5th, which he did.
On December 4th we left Schaub’s house, commending the whole family to God. We traveled through the rain across
the South Shenandoah to Adam Mueller, who received us with much love. We staid over night with him.
On December 5th I preached at Adam Mueller’s house on John 7: “Whosoever thirsteth let him come to the water and
drink.” A number of thirsty souls were present. Especially Adam Mueller took in every word, and after the sermon
declared himself well pleased. In the afternoon we traveled a short distance, staying over night with a Swiss. (8) The
conversation was very dry, and the word of Christ’s sufferings found no hearing."
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Adam Miller (Muller) was born at Schresheim, Baden, Palatinate,Germany about 1703. The family name was spelled
Muller in Baden, Germany. His father lived and grew up in Lamsheim. Adam came to America in 1704 to Lancaster
County, Pennsylania. Hewas naturalized March 13, 1741 by Govenor Gooch of Virginia. He and his wife, and an
unmarried sister (Catrina Miller) moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1724. In 1726-1727, he visited the Shanandoah
Valley of Virginia, and settled there withhis family at Hawksbill Creek in present day Page County. They were the first
settlers in the valley. Settled in what would be Rockingham County. In 1742, he purchased 820 acers including Bear
Lithia Springs near Elkton, Virginia, (from JosephBloodsworth) where he built his first cabin. He later built a house near
Elkton, Virginia. The house still stands. He served in the French and Indian War. Adam was baptized the same day he
was born by the protestant Evangelical Minister adjacent Palatinate, in or near that place Adam grew to manhood. He
was a member of Saint Peter Reformed Church. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War. Temple record
submitted by the Great Grandson of Anna Barbara Miller (Everett Allen Trumbo 107 Virginia Avenue Rockville,
Michigan). Temple record- P Logan 7.4 #79270 Book 57250. Source "Journal of Casper Stover," Augusta County Court
Records" Volume I,II,and III, Virginia Valley Records", "Virginia Magazine"Volume VIII No.2 andVol. X No.I,"West
Virginia Historical Magazine" Volume 4, and "History of Shenandoah Valley". Adam Miller was the first white settler
in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He came frm Germany in about 1726.
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iii. Catrina Mueller Miller, born Abt. 1704 in Germany; died in VA.
Generation No. 11
1314. Richard Wood, born Bef. 1581. He married 1315. Ann Littlechild.
1315. Ann Littlechild, born Bef. 1581.
Child of Richard Wood and Ann Littlechild is:
657
i.
Grace Wood, born August 31, 1601 in Essex, England; died January 14, 1665/66; married William Smoot Abt. 1634 in
England.