The first settlers in the Blacksville neighborhood of who there is authentic knowledge, were Nathan and Brice Worley, and William Minor; and the date of their settlement is 1764-1766. The Worley’s located just east of the present location of the town, and William Minor about one mile west.

William Minor was a soldier in the French and Indian war, 1755-1763. In 1760 he was sent with his company to Loudoun, Va.. Militia to garrison Fort Pitt. In 1764, the next year after the war ended, he returned to West Augusta County, Va. Now Monongalia County, to establish his home on Dunkard Creek, just west of Blacksville’s present location.

The land titled by the Worley’s extended north and west from the bend of Dunkard Creek, east of Blacksville, and joined on the dividing ridge the land titled by Alexander Clegg on Roberts Run. Those titles left vacant strip of land along the slopes of the hills overlooking Dunkard Creek on the north, and it was the site of this untitled land that Blacksville was later founded.

There had grown up on this strip of land a community of “squatters” who cleared small plots of land, erected cabins, and made a community center for mutual protection from the Indians. And it was for the protection of this community group that John Baldwin erected his blockhouse fort in the year 1774, which stood on or near the present location of the Methodist Church.

These settlers made no claim for the land, except for the plot cleared and the cabins built; and it was these “squatters” rights that David Black purchased prior to the summer of 1829, had a patent laid on the whole tract of about 160 acres. He secured the services of John Fordice, a surveyor, and had his town site surveyed into lots, with streets and alleys; and in February, 1830, his plan was approved by the Virginia Assembly, and a charter granted for the new town; naming Samuel Minor, William Thomas and John Lantz as trustees.

Baldwins Blockhouse

As described by Prof. John L. Johnson, “as to Balding Blockhouse I have found no written history further than the mention of its name. What traditional knowledge I have came from my aunt Nancy Johnson, mother of your townsman John N. Johnson. She was a daughter of John Lantz, born in 1806. Her mother was a daughter of Lewis Bonneted. Another daughter of the same Lewis Bonneted was the mother of Lewis Weasel, noted as an Indian fighter. The Bonneted, Weasel and LANs families were among the very first settlers locating in what is now Marshall County.
Lantz came to Blacksville while aunt Nancy was too young to remember the old fort. It’s site has been shown her, and it had been described to her by people of her family who were familiar with it. It stood on the lots now owned by A. P. Minor, in front of the church. It was the type known as a blockhouse. A fort in those days was number of houses, four or more, built in the form of a square, or rectangle, and connected by stockades, leaving a large enclosure in the center. The livestock was kept in here in times of trouble. A number of families, or a body of soldiers, or both, could occupy the fort. A blockhouse was either a single building, or possibly two or three buildings, surrounded by a stockade. The main building occupied the corner of the stockade, arranged so that the outside of the stockade could be raked by rifle fire. Against the hillside facing this site there is, or was a fine spring of water. The water from this spring was later conducted through the spring house of A. B. Pratt, a saddler. It was also piped across the road and supplied water for a small tannery.

The names of some of the early settlers, In the Blacksville community, Jacob Hoover, Daniel McMahon, George Hiley, John Statler, Simon Troy, Christopher Core, Michael Core, Jacob Farner, Jacob Statler, Rodger Barton, Jacob Jones, R. Hiley, James Troy, Geo. Snider, Warman Wade, Daniel Barton, Valentine Cooper, Richard Tennant, Peter Haught, Abrahm Shriver, John March, Phineas Killem, Nicholas Shinn, George Shinn, John Merrical, Anthony Hornbeck, A Mr. Hunsaker, and Mr. Smith. These located a few miles from Baldwin’s Blockhouse.
The first attack in force by the indians occured in July, 1777, near the present location of Blacksville. Captain John Minor, in command at Fort Statler, near the mouth of Jakes Run, wrote the following to Col. Zackwell Morgan under the date of the 14th.
“This minute Alexander Clegg came in great haste, who escaped the shot of a number of indians, while we were getting ready to go after them John March and Jacob Jones came in, and say that they think they saw at least twenty, and followed them, but they escaped. The indians fired at us and Jacob Farner’s house. Two men and a boy were killed, a young woman and two children missing. It is supposed that she is killed: and Nathan Worley, and two of Jacob Jones children, and a daughter of Farner’s. We shall march after them in less than an hour, The truth may be relied on”.
In 1778, a number of men from Fort Statler were working in fields near the fort, and when returning in the evening were ambushed by a party of indians, and 18 killed and scalped.
In 1790, William Thomas and Mr. Smith were drawing rails on the Thomas farm on Miracle Run, when they were fired on by indians. Thomas was hit, and ran and hid in some bushes, where he died. Smith ran to the house, and he and Mrs. Thomas and her baby escaped to Fort Baldwin.
The final attack of indians in Monongalia County occurred in June 1971, near the present location of Blacksville. The story of that attack in details, as near as possible to relate, is as follows;
Early one morning, as Alexander Clegg and a man by name of Hunsaker, and two of his boys, were working in a field near the Clegg house, they were shot at by indians concealed in a nearby woods, and Hunsaker was wounded and captured by the savages. Clegg and the boys ran to the house, and Clegg himself entered and attempted to defend it for a while; but knowing he would soon be driven out by fire, he surrendered, on condition that they would spare his life, and that of his two daughters. The Hunsaker boys ran on by the house, but were soon captured by other indians concealed in that direction; who also captured Mrs. Hunsaker and her infant child
The indians plundered and set fire to the house, caught the horses and made off with the prisoners, leaving one of their party to watch the retreat. Mrs. Clegg, being some distance away from the house at the time of the attack, concealed herself in the creek under some projecting bushes until everything was quiet. She then crept out, but saw the lone Indian who remained on guard, and took flight, with the Indian in pursuit. Not being able to overtake her, he raised his rifle and shot after her, the bullet just grazed her shoulder. She got to Fort Baldwin, and safety.
The retreating party of Indians traveled up Dunkard Creek and White Creek, at the top of the dividing ridge, Hunsaker having been badly wounded, could travel no longer, and the savages killed him, his wife and child. Hunsaker Knob remains as a mute witness to this horrible atrocity. Mr. Clegg met Simon Grity at the western Indian town, and purchased his liberty and that of his daughter “Peggy”, but had to leave his other daughter with the Indians. At the time of Wayne’s Treaty with the Indians, Susan Clegg was surrendered at Detroit, and Mr. Clegg went there and brought her home.

David Black advertisement which appeared in
The Republican, a newspaper, published at Morgantown

The subscriber has lately laid out a town on his farm, on Dunkard Creek, Monongalia County, Virginia, called Blacksville, and which will be incorporated during the winter; It is situated on the state road from Morgantown to Wheeling, and on the road from Clarksville to Pittsburgh and Waynesburg: The distance from Morgantown 20 miles, 45 from Wheeling, 14 from Waynesburg and 35 from Clarksburg. The town will be surrounded by a large population, and is a very healthy situation. The town is divided into 300 lots, of 58 feet front, and 110 feet deep, and so arranged that every lot is bounded on one side by a street, and on the other by an alley.
For the purpose of disposing of the lots, the subscriber will, on Monday the 18th day of January next, 1830, at a house adjoining the said town, have drawn under the direction and superintendence of two intelligent gentleman, three hundred tickets, each one of which will have a number of one of the said lots. Upon one of the lots so to be drawn for the subscriber binds himself to erect a store house and put therein one thousand dollars worth of store goods, at retail price, so that the lot, house and good may be estimated at $1500.00.
By paying the sum of fifteen dollars, a certificate will be given, that the holder will be entitled to such lot as may be drawn to its number; and as there are no blanks, every person who holds a certificate will obtain a good general warrantee deed for same, on the day of the drawing or as soon thereafter as possible. As an inducement for persons to remove to said town, the subscriber binds himself to pay to the first physician, $40.00; to the first inn-keeper, $40.00, to the first mechanic, $50.00; to the second mechanic, $40.00, to the third mechanic, $35.00; to the fourth mechanic, $30.00; to the fifth mechanic, $25.00 Who shall settle in said town, and whiten one year from the day of the distribution of prizes, erect and finish a two-story brick or frame house 20 by 30 feet, with privilege to use the necessary timber for such building. And as further inducement for persons to build in said town, the subscriber will pay to the owner of the first house that is built, $40.00; the second house that is built, $35.00; the third house that is built, $30.00; the fourth house that is built, $25.00; the fifth house that is built, $25.00 provided the said houses are of brick or frame, and finished within one year.
He will also convey a lot to the trustees of any Methodist Congregation and pay the sum of $75.00 in addition, provided, a house is erected thereon of brick or frame within one year, suitable for a church. He will also convey a lot to the trustees of any school, provided, a house is erected thereon within six months. Also, at the same time and place, 125 out-lots adjoining to said town, containing not less than one quarter of an acre, nor more than four acres, will be disposed of in a like manner, and there is now situated on it a farm house, and a large and splendid distillery, in full operation, with two springs of excellent water. This lot is valued at $1200.00, possession of which will be given to the person who may draw it on the first of June.
The subscriber pledges himself to have the drawing fairly and properly conducted and hopes that the public will feel an interest in raising up a village that will hereafter prove to be of general benefit to the surrounding country.

David Black Oct 10, 1929

The first merchants to establish in Blacksville, were, Emerson & Gregg, their store was located where the present J. G. A. store is operating. Other merchants included Hood & Lantz, Brown & Worley, Mathias Lyons, John D. Hawkins, Lyons & Ingraham, James Goodwin ( Goldwin ), William Lantz and R. S. Lantz.
It has been mentioned by other writers, that there was coal boats built at Blacksville, if so, they were very small, as Dunkard Creek is to narrow and low to float a boat of any size, even in high water.
Emerson, Gregg & Strosnider had a potash factory, A. I. Strosnider, had a boot and shoe shop in 1865. George A. Burke, father of Jim and Tom, had a wagon-making shop in 1854. This was powered by steam after 1879. Huston Stewart had a marble shop here about 1847, this was the first marble work west of the Allegheny mountains.

John S. Brown, a grandson of Abraham Brown, who married Elizabeth Core, was the son of Adam G. Brown and Elva A. Shivley Brown, born Jan.. 6, 1845, at New Brownsville ( Pentress ) W. Va. His first wife was Minerva Morris, had one child, Lenora B. Brown, who married Sanford Maxon. His 2nd wife was Melissa McClure, and they had the following children: Ross McClure Brown, Florance E. Brown, William C. Brown and Chas Gay Brown.

Cornelius E. Johnson was a grandson of Cornelius Johnson, who was born in England in 1737, he came to American when a young man, locating at the forks of Dunkard Creek, His son Henry Johnson, was born in 1798. He married Elizabeth Oliver, children, Eleanor, Nancy who married Josephus T. Myers, John O., killed during the Civil War, Sarah Jane, Margaret, who married David M. Leggett, Elizabeth A, who married Noah Piles, Cornelius E. George A and Joseph B.- Cornelius E. Johnson married Louisina Tennant, a daughter of Washington Tennant, they had the following children: Oliver Vernon, Zoe, Della, Herbert C.

Lindsay Clark Moore, whose grandfather was Michael Moore, an early settler in Clay District, was a son of John Moore, whose home was on Days Run, about 4 miles from Blacksville, and Rebecca (Varner) Moore, a daughter of Joseph Varner. The children were: William, killed during the Civil War, Prudence, who married Abraham Shriver, Martin, who died in Libby prison during the Civil War, Amanda, who married Isaac Core Abraham, John I. Lindsay Clark and Sarah, who married Gilbert T. Moore. Lindsey C. Moore married Aleinda Brookover, a daughter of O. P. Brookover, they had 8 children.

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THE FIRST TWO WHITE SETTLERS WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS, were Wendell Brown and his son Manus Brown. Adam Brown was a son of Marus Brown, and was born in Fayette County, Pa. He came from there in 1796 and settled on Dunkard Creek, about 4 miles east of Blaksville, at a point that was later called Browns Mill’s, Adam Brown married Christenia Statler, a niece of Jacob Statler, of Statler’s Fort, in 1784. Andrew Brown was a son of Adam Brown, born March 9, 1796. He married Martha Worley on July 5, 1821. Their children were: Alpheus W. Brown, Louisa J. Brown, who married Dr. J. V. Boughner, Melissa A. Albert and Leroy J. Alphers W. Brown married (1) Elizabeth Dorsey who lived but 11 months (2) Ann Nicholson, a great great granddaughter of Commodore J. Nicholson of the Revolutionary War and the first Commodore of the American Navy. A daughter of Commodore Nicholson, Hannah, became the wife of Albert Gallatin.

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One of the early settlers along Dunkard Creek was William Thomas, whose settlement claim was on Miracle Run, a short distance above where it empties into Dunkard Creek. His settlement dates back to 1787 or 1788. His wife was Elizabeth Vanmeter. On Dec. 17, 1788, their 2nd child was born, and he was given the same name as his father. On April 21, 1789 he was shot by a party of Indians, and died from the wound in a few hours. Mrs. Thomas and her 4 months old baby escaped from the cabin and hid in the laurel thickett, Later making her way to Ft Baldwin and safety.

THE FIRST CHURCH IN BLACKSVILLE CEMETERY WAS THE REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH OF MINORSVILLE.

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This church was located on the Samuel Minor farm, abut two miles east of Blacksville, later moved to Blacksville. In 1898 the Baptist Church was located just at the foot of the hill, east of the “Old Covered Bridge”, over Roberts Run. It was a frame building about 30 x 50 feet.

The Church Covenant is dated August 11, 1849 and is signed by Jacob Zearley, George Rodgers, Joseph Guthrey, Huston Stewart, Samuel Minor, Caroline Zearley, Rachel Stewart, Barnie Die, Permelia Minor, Elizabeth Coon, Rachel Dic and Mary Rodgers.

George F. C. Conn was the first preacher, and preached his last sermon on October 12th, 1850. F. Downey was the preacher in 1855, A. C. Holdon in 1856, Leroy Stephens in 1861, A. C. Holden in 1863.

Huston Stewart was ordained a minister, Oct. 7, 1866, and called to preach for this church.
Records of the church, show the following persons as members.

1849: George Yeager, George Franks, Alexander Franks, Washington Martin, Nathan Jones and George Jones.
1850: Samuel Hadley, Joseph I. Burwell
1853: Washington Stephens and Joanna Stephens
From 1853 to 1858, Peter Moody, Clarissa Jones, Susan Rodgers, Manervy Minor, Elizabeth Yeager, Elizabeth Minor, Mary Pettit, Eliza Moody, Mary Franks, Elizabeth Franks, Christena Minor, Malissa Sharpneck, Louise Rich, Lydia Ann Minor, Ann Cannon, Hope Hadley, Sarah Martin, Atha Marshall, Charlotty Rodgers, Prusylia Dye and Sarah Curtis.
1859: Spencer Stephens, Leroy Stephens and Mary Stephens.

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The present Baptist Church is located on Route 7, about one quarter mile west from the center of the town of Blacksville, building is of buff Brick with a parsonage, Rev. W. H. Barnes, was the pastor in or about 1925.

LAND GRANTS: -
The following are some grants of land on Dunkard Creek, as shown by the report of the Commissioners for adjusting claim to unpatented lands in the counties of Monongalia, Youghioughony and Ohio, the date of settlement is indicated.
George Hiley, 400 acres of land on Dunkard Creek, 1770
John Statler, heir of Jacob Statler, 400 acres of land on Dunkard Creek
Phillip Doddridge, 400 acres, head of “Dunkard Creek”, with preemption on 1000 acres more, 1771
Nicholas Shinn, 400 acres on Dunkard Creek, 1772
George Snyder, 400 acres on Dunkard Creek, 1772
Phineas Killen, 400 acres on Dunkard Creek, 1772
Anthony Hornback, 400 acres on Dunkard Creek 1773
Benjamin Favar, 400 acres on Dunkard Creek, 1773
Sarah Wilson, devises of George Wilson, 400 acres, Dunkard Creek, 1773
Daniel Bartor, 400 acres on Dunkard Creek, 1774

William Thomas Jr. grew to manhood, married Amelia Swan; their children were: Sarah, William, Jesse, Thomas Hughes, Artymacy, Amelia, Ellis, Saul, Nimry, Cyrus and Remembrance. Remembrance S. Married Mary Johnson, a dau. Of William Johnson in 1849. Their children were: Sarah Jane, who married Ingraham Kent, and Saul Thomas, who married Margaret Adelaide Marsh.

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An old ledger belonging to Hon. Fletcher Brock shows the following names under the date of 1827; two years before David Black laid out his town.
Boaz Boydston, Jermiah Glasgo, Justus C. Fordyce, Geo. Cox, A. Henderson, A. Postlewait, Ruben Brown, Elisha Worthington, Matthias Clovis, David Bare, Silas Wires, John Lemley, John Johnston, Battis Higgins, H. Anderson, John Woods, Josephus C. Dooley, Samuel Lemley, David Higgins, William Hobbs, George Long, Samuel Brown, William McClurc, Josephus Chaplin, Charles Jolly, George Wade, John Nicely, Thomas Irons, D. Bear, James Danley, Daniel Cox, John Sine, Josiah Humbard, William Gans, Samuel Hall, Jonatham Wright, Thomas (of Daniel) Wade, David Stoneking, George Miller, William Fox, James Callaghan, George House, Phillip Dils, S. Higginbotham, E. West, Michael Reuben Haines, George Rider, E. Walters, Reason Debolt, Joseph Immel, William Hambleton, Jno Sterling, D. Longenacre, M. Blackford, J. Edington, Thomas Shroyer, James Booch, N. Barrett, John Priest, John McCann, John Swan, Abraham Pixler, D. Rhoads, Phillip Webber, John Craig, Morgan Rinehart, John Grenage, William Stine, James Marriner, Stephen Wilson, Brice Worley, William Fairfax, James Morris, Richard Blant, Joseph McCormick, John Showalter, Berbridge Brock, Richard Tennant, Richard Phillips, James Grett, Daniel Keck, Abraham Himkins, Lavina Masters, Jacob Marshall, Moses Strosnider, John Moore, Widow Burgess, Tiberius Mayne.
Some of these may have been squatters on the land purchased by David Black. From other sources and traditions there were many located near the Baldwin Blockhouse, as cabins on settlement lands were not safe places to live during the years from 1774 to about 1791, the years of Indian raids on the whites.

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Under the date of March 3, 1830, William Brock and his wife conveyed 28 acres of land on Dunkard Creek to David Black, the founder of the town of Blacksville. This was part of two surveys, one granted to John Baldwin, by Robert Brooke, Governor of the state of Virginia, by patent dated June 7, 1796; the other granted to Brice Worley by patent dated Nov. 15, 1792. Worley had conveyed a small tract of land to John Balden on April 27, 1811, and Balder (Baldwin) had conveyed it to William Brock.

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A county court record dated August 24, 1797, states that John Statler and Eve, his wife, sold 2 lots in Hampshire Town, adjoining John Baldwin, to Peter Miers, for $4.00. Another record dated April 8, 1801, states: I Adam Brown, having served two years as a surveyor of the road from Michael Kore’s to New Hampshire, do hereby recommend, etc. In 1814, a tract of land “on road from Adam Brown’s to New Hampshire” was surveyed by David Piles. Evidently the community surrounding Baldwin’s Fort was called New Hampshire or Hampshire Town.

THE FIRST POSTMASTER FOR BLACKSVILLE was Dr. Anthony Coonrod, who carried the mail, or the few letters that came to the village in the top of his high-crowned hat. His successors were E. B. Tygart (1846), Thomas Brock, Robert Fletcher, N. P. Kygley, A. B. Pratt, William Lantz, J. M. Headly (Headley), and A. I. Stosnider (1882)

The first physici8an was Dr. Hugh McNamara, before 1840. Other physicians were Dr. Vanderbrook, Dr. Anthony Coonrod, Dr. Bullard, Dr. William Faulkner, Dr. Demick, Dr. Thos. Hall, Dr. J. M. Lazelle, Dr. Thompson Strosnider, Dr. George M. Fletcher and Dr. Calvert.

HOTEL STROSNIDER - Moses Strosnider came to Blacksville from Green County, Penn’a. And built a hotel in 1844.

On April 10, 1855, a fire started in daytime in the residence of William Lantz which stood where the present Lantz residence is located, and 24 houses in the town were destroyed by fire. Mr. Lantz was in Richmond at the time, a member of the Virginia Assembly.

Adam Tennant had an undertaking establishment about 75 years ago, near where the residence of F. M. McQuay is located.

The home of Charles W. Ernest was erected more than a hundred years ago, and was the residence of Hon. Fletcher Brock. Dr. Hugh Brock who for many years was an instructor in the W. V. U. was born here on Jan. 5, 1830. Dr. Luther S. Brock, another son of Fletcher Brock, who for many years practiced in Morgantown, and was president of the bank of Monongalia (Monongahela) Valley. Was also a native son of Blacksville.

Nicholas Johnson, son of John Johnson who was born in Philadelphia, and settled on Muddy Creek, in Green County, Pa. Came to Blacksville as a young man, married and on November 17, 1809, his son Nicholas B. Johnson was born; he lived here until his death in 1890. He married Margaret Minor, a grand-daughter of Samuel Minor.

Samuel Minor, who was born in 1779, came from Green county, Pa. As a young man and settled on Dunkard Creek, about two miles east of Blacksville here he lived until his death in 1859. His first wife was Susan Clegg, one of the two daughters of Alexander Clegg, who was captured by the Indians with their father, and take into western Indian towns. There were children born to Samuel and Susan Minor, a son, being among the oldest. After the death of Susan Minor, Samuel Minor married Millie Lancaster, and they became the parents of eleven children. William Minor was born in 1797, and married Margaret Lantz. Their son, Jacob Minor , was born Jan. 25, 1828 and on April 28, 1857, married Catherine Thralls, a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Johnson) Thralls. The grandfather of Catherine (Thralls) Minor was Richard Thralls, who came from Virginia, and became a rentor on the Minor farm. Here Isaac Thrall was born; he married Elizabeth Johnson, a daughter of John William Johnson, an emigrant from Germany, who landed at Baltimore, Md. Married Catherine Fries, and came to the village of Blacksville. He first located on Whitley Creek, in Penna.

Fletcher Brock, one of the early merchants of Blacksville, came to the village site before David Black laid out the town. Here on January 5, 1830, his son Hugh W. Brock was born. Shortly after 1830, Mr. Brock moved his residence to the Pennsylvania side of the Mason & Dixon line, but continued his merchantile business in Blacksville. The present residence of C. W. Earnest was the home of the Brock Family. The wife of Fletcher Brock was Rachel Stephenson. Another son of the family was Luther S. Brock. Both of the sons were physicians of Morgantown for a number of years.

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Moses Strosnider, a son of Gasper Strosnider, who was born in Germany, and his wife was Sarah Syphers of Virginia, was born on Whitley Creek, Green County, Pa. On Jan. 12, 1806. He married Mary Thompson on April 15, 1828, and came to Blacksville to live. He operated a woolen mill and grist mill in Blacksville. He built the Strosnider Hotel in 1844. The children of Moses and Mary Thompson, Strosnider were; Dr. Thompson Strosnider, Josephus Strosnider, Sarah Strosnider, who married William Morgan, Maryann, who married Corbley Orndoff, Caroline Francis, died in infy, Gasper F. Strosnider, Mahala Alene, who married A. C. Chaplin, Margaret Marie, and Michael Leslie.

William S. Fletcher, whose father was a resident of Caroline County, Va. Was born in that state and county in 1800, came to Blacksville in 1838. He was an iron worker, and mfg’d the widely known Fletcher ---- His wife was Alice Henkins. A son of William S. Fletcher was Dr. Geo M. Fletcher who was born in Green County, Pa. On Feb. 1, 1834, and came to Blacksville with his father in 1836. Dr. Fletcher finished his medical course in 1805, and began to practice in Blacksville where he remained until shortly before his death in 1890. Three sisters of Dr. Fletcher lived in Blacksville in the old Fletcher homestead until the time of their death.

Elijah C. Henkins, whose grandfather, Peter Henkenius, was born in Chester County, Pa. And settled in Clay District, about 2 miles from Blacksville in 1789-1798, was the son of Abraham S. Henkins and Elizabeth Craft Henkins. The other children of Peter Henkenius were Margaret, Susanna, Christena, Elizabeth, Mary, Rebecca, Christianna, George, Alice, Sarah, Elijah and Carrie. Abraham S. Henkins moved to Washington County, Pa. After his marriage. His children were, John P. Susan, who married Samuel Farrance, Delila, who married John M. Conklin, Catherine who married Spencer Stewart, Elizabeth, William Craft, and Elijah C. Mrs. Henkins returned to the old Henkins homestead in 1855, and died there in 1855. Elijac C. was twice married; his first wife was Sarah E. Stroshider, and his wife was Menerva C. Strosnider.

William Price, whose father emigrated from Wales when a young man and settled near Carmichaels, Pa. Was born 1803, came to Clay District in 1826. He married Catherine Brown, a daughter of Abraham Brown, and they had 13 children. A son, John E. Price was born Sept. 24, 1840 and married Elizabeth Chalfant, a daughter of Peter Chalfant.

LODGES IN BLACKSVILLE ABOUT 1879
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Blacksville Lodge No 88, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted on March 11, 1879, with the following charter members, E. P. Lantz, Dr. Geo. M. Fletcher, R. S. Lantz, W. B. Minor, J. W. Lantz and W. E. Craig.
The first officers of the lodge were : E. P. Lentz, N. G... Dr. Geo. M. Fletcher, V. G., W. B. Minor, Sec’y and R. S. Lantz, Treasurer.
The roster of the lodge showed the following names in 1879: Wm. H. Johnson, William A. Rush, Samuel Garner, Jasper Rose, Isaac Yeager, Silas Shriver, H. M. Spragg, M. L. Strosnider, Perry M. Johnson, William Phillips, John L. Johnson, Justus South, William N. Sine and Jacob Wells.
In 1880: Josephus Thomas, Charles Mosca, Josephus Hoskinson, Israel Stewart, George Phillips, Thomas H. Hilla, Asa Henderson, James J. John, John L. Shriver and Noah Henderson.
In 1881: Richard Stewart, Albert B. Mason, Isaac McCurdy, and John H. Spragg.
In 1882: C. M. Wlson and Elihu Park
In 1883: W. R. Turner, John Maple, H. C. Strosnider and J. C. Howard.
In 1884: Rufus Bell, F. M. Ammons and C. C. Brown
In 1885: Abe L. Tennant
In 1887: G. H. Hoard, Ben F. Lantz, Se. E. South, J. P. Burke, and R. B. South.
In 1888: M. R. Lantz, R. B. Price, J. B. Furman, J. M. Shriver, W. E. Price, S. J. Johnson and John H. Clovis.
In 1889: J. W. Honsinger, S. K. Minor, John W. Johnson, Bert Wade, C. M. Randall, W. J. Barrickman and W. H. Morris
In 1890: William A. Fox, Kinsy Renner and J. H. McDougle
In 1891: I. A. Canfield and M. S. Henderson
In 1892: Norman Garrison

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BLACKSVILLE LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Was institued on the 20th of August 1901, with the following charter members: W. C. Wells, C. H. Brock, M. L. Clovis, W. S. Brock, E. E. Shriver, T. J. Collins, L. L. Thomas, T. H. Miller, T. J. Burke, J. W. Scott, A. M. White, J. L. Ridgeway, I. B. Figley, A. . Wade, J. J. Spitznagle, C. T. Emory, J. L. Chaplin, W. D. Hall, Ga. A. Cochrane, W. O. Spitznagle, T. J. King and C. F. Sturm.
The roster of the lodge showed the following members in 1901: Elias C. Tennant, N. H. Collins, Grant Dean, R. S. McNeely, Max Lantz, L. M. Wise, C. J. Shirk, A. T. Glover and F. C. Sherwood.
In 1902: W. H. John, J. F. Spitznagle, C. K. Spragg, Negeeb Joseph, James Powell, W. W. Phillips, Stephen Mason, Guy Lemley, J. R. Weekley, U. G. Lantz, C. W. Ernest, R. H. Browne.
In 1903: J. T. Keefer, F. M. Wails, W. S. Howard, A. J. Maple, F. E. Myers, C. S. Tennant, Frank B. Jones, T. L. Eddy, N. A. Moore, J. R. Moore, T. E. Masters, Michael Wright, D. R. Wright, A. I. Tennant, J. B. Fordyce, Geo. W. Phillips, W. L. Simpson, E. D. Statler, S. E. Chalfant, U. P. Blaker, S. T. Strosnider.
In 1904: S. S. Eddy and S. N. White.
In 1905: A. R. Johnson, William Knisley, Lewis Tennant, William Marbon, Hamilton Lemons, A. M. Hammond, J. R. Stewart, L. J. Darling, C. C. Tennant, J. C. Orndoff, Pratt masters, Frank P. Blaire.
In 1906: R. W. Mason, Warren Ammons, F. M. McQuay, Voight McClu7re, W. L. Minor, W. B. Minor, J. L. Devine, J. J. Rifenburg, E. T. Strosnider, J. S. Devine, F. B. Simpson, M. L. Dodge, Lem Knisley, L. E. Hoskinson, W. F. Staggers, R. W. Nichols, S. D. Tennant, G. W. Moore, A. C. Johnson, Charles White, W. E. Devine, H. W. Park, G. F. Brock, Ingraham Rinehart, W. F. Martin, Luther Huffman and E. E. Chalfant

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METHODIST CHURCH AT BLACKSVILLE – In 1851-52. The earliest preachers for the Church were : Paul Vandervort, R. Laughlin, L. D. Casto, W. W. Kelly, John Woodruff, Laban Tollman, Charles C. Conway, Jesse Snodgrass, J. P. Varner, Rev. Mercer, Rev. Curtis, W. B. Trovey (1882)
The first Methodist Episcopal Sunday School records are dated in July 1857, showing the following names of Sarah A. Tygard, Louise Golden, Mrs. Hannah Keigley, Misses R. G. Bock, M. A. Stosnider, Lucinda Ross, Margaret Fletcher, Mrs. Jane Pratt, Mrs. Anna Craig, Simeon Brock, Mark Lester, George Laughlin, S. F. Craig, J. Moyers, F. L. Tygard, M. Minor, C. Johnson, W. Johnson, L. S. Brock.
Records dated 1876 show the names of D. R. Worley, M. J. Stewart, M. A. Minor, Lilly Minor, Mrs. Victoria Lantz, Jane Day, Ena Brewer, Mattie Lester, G. A. Burke, S. W. Headlee, J. O. Myers, F. M. Calvert, Bowen Stephens, A. I. Strosnider, J. F. Headlee, J. M. Headlee, J. P. Burke, J. Heskinson, Thomas Longstreth, L. W. Morgan, Robert Bolby (Bowlby), Harvey Brock, J. W. Brock, Wesley Moyers, Mrs. Dr. Fletcher, Nancy Myers, Agnes Brock, J. W. Brock, Georgia Fletcher, Carrie Craig, D. C. Sine, Mary Hoskinson, Ida Minor, Eva Strosnider, Dora Strosnider, Susan Minor, Sadie Lantz, Sarah Sine, Susan Longstreth, Sula Sloan (Slone), Nora Garner, Walter Morgan, E. Worley, Rosa Marvin, Mary Myers, Catherine Lestor, Belle Strosnider, Luther Lincoln, Belle Kiger, Thomas Cowell, E. E. Hoskinson, Roetta Craig, Louisa Brock, Mattie Cowell, Eliam Hoskinson, Susan Hoskinson, Lizzie Worley, Rosa Maxon, Max Calvert, Carrie Fletcher, Libbie Thralls, Elisa Thralls, Minerva Johnson, Maggie Spragge, Harriet Johnson, Nancy Johnson, Maggie Spragg, Harriett Johnson and Silas Kughn.
John C. Rexroad was pastor of the church in January 1884.
Peter Chalfant, A. I. Strosnider and Bowen Stephens were delegates to a conference where a committee was appointed to the building of a parsonage residence.
Rev. T. H. Trainor came to Blacksville charge in 1885 and remained two years, The parsonage was built in 1887. Rev. D. Coole was on the local circuit in 1887. C. W. Warman in 1881 to 1894. C. S. Allemong and John Beddow preached here in 1894.

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The town of Blacksville was incorporated as a municipality under the laws of the State of West Virginia on the 22nd day of October, 1897. The first officers of the town were: Ira E. Hall, Maooy, L. L. Thomas, Recorder and Councilman, Jacob Wells, A. C. Johnson, A. I. Strosnider, Abraham Emery, and William Scott, serving during 1897 and 1898.

Adam Tennant, whose grandfather was Richard Tennant, the first Tennant to settle in Clay district, was a son of William Tennant and Catherine ( Brown ) Tennant, and was born near Blacksville, in 1818. He married Elizabeth Haines-Pettit, and lived in Blacksville until the time of his death in 1869. He was a cabinet maker and undertaker, and followed the work of photography to some extent. His children were Lee Van Doran Tennant, Irvin, Sanford M. and Mary Ellen, who married Dr. W. N. Thomas.
The other children of William and Catherine Tennant were: Abraham Worley Tennant, who married Mary Rich, Margaret Tennant, who married James Wallace, Christenia Tennant, who married Jacob Minor, ( their son was W. B. Minor ), Peter Tennant, who married Margaret Hoskinson, John Tennant married Elizabeth Dye, Andrew Tennant, who married Elizabeth Shively, William Tennant, Jacob Tennant married Sally Dye, and Elizabeth Tennant.

Richard Tennant was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and came to the United States about 1760, selling his time for 7 years to pay for his passage to America. In 1769 he married Elizabeth Haught, a daughter of Peter Haught who sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, on Sept. 9, 1751, with his wife and young daughter, and settled in Moorefield, Va. Richard Tennant served as a drummer in Dunmore’s war, and returning through Clay District was pleased with the appearance of the county; and after his service in the Revolutionary was, with his brother-in-law, Peter Haught, Jr., they located on Jakes Run. It is evident, from the facts relative to the community that had grown up around the Baldwin Blockhouse, and records that date back to the early settlements in this neighborhood, that Haught and Tennant families refuged in the safer place during the years of Indian attacks in this section of Virginia. Richard and his wife were the parents of 4 or 5 children at the time they settled on Jakes Run, and the 5 children born to Peter Haught, Jr., and his wife Christenia Yeager, during the years 1778 to 1790, were not safe from Indian cunning; and the security of a fort and it’s surrounding community of families along the slopes above Dunkard Creek, where Blacksville is now located, seems ample proof that most of the early settlers in outlying sections moved their families to the fort for protection.

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Following is a copy of the marriage record of William H. Johnson, who was Justice of the Peace, during the years of 1875 to 1883, and lived less than a mile from Blacksville in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pa.

Joseph McNeeley m. Elizabeth Wise, Apl. 17, 1875
William Straight m. Rosa Ann Welch, July 3, 1875
Marion DeBolt m. Hannah Thrall, July 24, 1875
Married Nicholas Masters and Mary Jane Howard, Aug. 8, 1875
Milton Ammons m. Arvina Conaway, Sept. 20, 1875
Leonard Henderson m. Caroline Brewer, Oct. 3, 1875
William H. Phrays m. Mary Stewart, Oct. 24, 1875
William Maple m. Mary Zimmerman, Nov. 7, 1875
William Cress m. Catherine Moore, Nov. 11, 1875
C. E. Hamilton m. Belle Brown, Nov. 15, 1875
William Youst m. Ellen Floyde, Nov. 27, 1875
Evan Freeman m. Sarah Rodgers, Dec. 20, 1875
James McDougal (A.) m. Elizabeth Maple, Dec. 26, 1875
Peter Fagan m. Mary Smith, Dec. 27, 1875
Lindsey Owen m. Sarah M. Varner, Jan. 30, 1876
Cravel Ullom m. Rachel Cox, Apl. 9, 1876
Benjamin Hamilton m. Verna Wright, Apl. 12, 1876
Calvin Howard m. Rhoda Kiger, ____________ 1876
William Cummins m. Louisa Watson, June 4, 1876
Johathan Hillberry m. Rebecca Hillberry, June 23, 1876
Thomas Hamilton m. Casandra Nichols, Dec. ____ 1876
Elza Yost m. Gary Lambers (No date)
Owen Looman m. Hannah F. Michael, Mar. 24, 1877
Emry Wade m. Laura Toothman, Apl. 8, 1877
George Phillips m. Abigail Howard, Apl. 16, 1877
John A. Lyons, m. Vi8rginia Pernell, May 13, 1877
John H. Hall m. Caroline V. Floyd, May 24, 1877
John A. Veach m. Alice V. Arnett, May 14, 1877
John Welch m .Lydia J. Hawkins, June 16, 1877
Leroy Shuman m. Martha Simpson, July 4, 1877
Austin York m. Belle Davis, July 18, 1877
David Ridgely m. Jennettie Fleming, Aug. 19, 1877
Benjamine F. Rush m. Mary A. Ice, Oct. 17, 1877
Daniel Mason m. Maggie Mathas, Oct. 17, 1877
Ervin Anderson m. Armeda Everson, Dec. 28, 1877
Daniel V. Santee m. Matilda Efaw, Aug. 6, 1878
Leroy Core m. Elvina Fox, Aug. 22, 1878
John Cummings m. Elizabeth Stewart, Sept. 28, 1878
Henry Masters m. Mary Yeager, Oct. 3, 1878
Cyrenus Gump m. Sarah Mikes, Oct. 3, 1878
Leslie C. Furbee m. Laura M. Beatty, Oct. 16, 1878
Manuel Brewer m. Arzilla Tennant, Oct. 30, 1878
George Fetty m ________ Nov. 2, 1878
Mr. J. M. _____ m _____ Nov. 3, 1878
Pinkey McIntyre (McIntire) m Clara V. Booher, Nov. 4, 1878
Richard King m. Angeline Cowell, Feb. 1, 1879
Calvin Wilson m. Sarah Wilson Feb. 16, 1879
Adam Efaw m Veronica Ann Santee, May 2, 1879
Richard D. Tennant m. Elzona Conaway, May 4, 1879
Albert T. Metz m. Missouri E. Walker, June 8, 1879
Hiram Bircher m. Effa Shingleton, Aug. 22, 1879
Clark J. Merrifield m. Hannah Wymor Nov. 27, 1879
Worthington Sines m. _______ Nov. 27, 1879
Solomon Shultz m. Susan Franks, Jan 31, 1880
James E. Moore m. Mary Elizabeth Vandruff, Feb. 15, 1880
Simon Harker m. Catherine Tennant, Feb. 21, 1880
John T. Masters m. Jonna Hartley, March ___ 1880
Isaac W. Price m. Martha Ann Yost, Mar. 26, 1880
William Weekley m. Jane Montgomery, June 24, 1880
Valentine Underwood m. Miss Vansicles, June 24, 1880
J. J. Tarkington m. Allia F. Fluharty, July 4, 1880
Olenzo L. Wilson m. Mary B. Billingslea, Aug. 22, 1880
E. L. Tennant m. Levorosa Barr, Oct. ____ 1880
Walton F. Randolph m. Birdie Cardiel, Aug. 3, 1881
John W. Hawkins m. Letha Walker, Sept. 28, 1881
Millard J. Gripple m. Mary A. Toothman, Nov. 6, 1881
Thomas J. Hawkins m. Amanda B. Faucette, Dec. 11, 1881
William W. Kennedy m. Hester A. Wilson, Dec. 29, 1881
Samuel T. Parker m. Ellen McCoy Jany. 29, 1882
John Stewart m. Nancy Strawn, May 19, 1882
George Boone m. Ellen Barnes (Barns) May 23, 1882
Charles J. Leonard m. Molly (Mollie) Carder, July 20, 1882
J. L. Grapes m. Ida J. Bell, Nov. 7, 1883

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The following is from the marriage docket of Jefferson Dye, a Justice of the Peace of Gilmore Township, Green County, Penn’a, Living at Jollytown.

Stephen Morris m. Lucinda C. Wright, July 1, 1882
W. A. Hartley m. Catherine Tuttle, Aug. 9, 1882
Ellis Styles (Stiles) m. Mahala Simpson, Aug. 20, 1882
Elwood Mariner m. Jennie Rush, Nov. 2, 1882
Joseph Taylor m. Mary Murry (Murray) Nov. 4, 1882
Camden Thorn m. Jane West, Nov. 5, 1882
William F. Kughn m. Samantha Smith, Nov. 19, 1882
Hubert Hays m. Mary E. Arnett, Nov. 20, 1882
Ozias Simpson m. Annie Wise, Dec. 10, 1882
George W. Matheny m. Priscilla Furbee, Mar. 30, 1883
Jacob Carpenter m. Tabitha Smith, Mar. 31, 1883
George W. Penner m. Elizabeth J. Caseman, June 10, 1883
James Sturm m. Eunice B. Stiles, Sept. 5, 1883
Lewis M. Haught m. Mahala Gump, Oct. 10, 1883
William Cornell m. Dora Fowler, Jan. 16, 1884
Melville McClelland Wells m Mendell Sands, July 6, 1884
Jacob Alford (Alfred) m. Belle McGruder, Aug. 24, 1884
Lindsay White m. Althali Garrard, Nov. 23, 1884
Thomas C. Pogue m. Elizabeth Ann Hill, Jan 7, 1885
John Estell m. Belle Roupe, Feb. 7, 1885
B. Keller Robinson (Robison) m. Jennie C. Good, June 16, 1885
Daniel Stewart m. Martha Jane Renner, July 1, 1885
Joseph R. Taylor m. Drusilla Butcher, Aug 29, 1885
Jasper Dye m. Emma J. Tuttle, Sept. 17, 1885
Albert Poggess m. Elizabeth Ball, Oct. 2, 1885
D. W. Phillips m. Mary J. Kughn, July 29, 1886
Elza Smith m. Dora M. Dye, July 31, 1887
David Kennedy m. Sarah Alice Murphy, Oct. 15, 1887
Andrew M. C. Haught m. Sarah C. Eddy, Feb. 18, 1888
William M. Rose m. Elizabeth Gump, Dec. 28, 1888
Adam H. Ford m. Mary Bell Wildman, Jan. 3, 1889
Jasper Furbee m. Hannah M. Pethtel, May 18, 1889
James H. Dawson m. Elizabeth Whitlatch, June 22, 1889
Lewis Taylor m. Mary Ellen Carney, July 1, 1880
Hugh Maloy m. Hannah Dye, June 22, 1890
John Lindsay Taylor m. Hannah N. King, Nov. 8, 1890
William S. Sikes m. Martha Worley, Jan. 1, 1891
John E. Haught m. Ida Henderson, Sept. 3, 1891
Thompson Cummings (Cummins) m. Sarah Jane Phillips, Apl. 21, 1892

The marriage record of Enoch Maple, a Justice of the Peace In Green County, Penna.
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James L. Fluharty m. M. M. West, July 5, 1885
Elijah Hoy m. Clare Taylro, July 5, 1885
Henry Headlee m. Anne Tonnant, Sept. 26, 1885
David E. Kenner m. S. J. Laughlin, Feb. 21, 1886
Annanias Conklin m. Mary Barrickman, June 19, 1886
D. L. Moore m. Elizabeth Pl. Calvert, Nov. 25, 1886
Issac Minor m. Elizabeth John, Feb. 22, 1887
George W. Phillips m. Sis Wiso, Aug. 1, 1887
George B. McGlumphy m. Dora Steel, Nov. 5, 1887
A. P. Cosgray m. Fanny Tustin, Dec. 22, 1887
William Ponzoo m. H. V. Bice, Dec. 24, 1887
Wm. B. Wise m. S. J. Wade, March 29, 1888
Peter C. Moore m. Christenia Shriver, June 2, 1888
W. I. Wright m. S. L. Phillips, July 5, 1888
Samuel L. Cumberledge m. Nancy Wise, July 10, 1888
John H. Shriver m. E. J. Moore, Sept. 27, 1888
John B. Tukesbroy m. C. B. Wright, Nov. 4, 1888
Marion Headlee m. Nancy J. John, Dec. 8, 1888 (Marion G. Headlee)
Lemon E. Hoskinson m. Dianna R. Brown, Dec. 29, 1888
T. I. Stewart m. M. A. Gosgrey, July 18, 1889
Seymour Hall m. Hannah Hzartzell, Aug. 5, 1889
Tompson Marshall m. C. E. Shultz, Aug. 6, 1889
G. A. Burke m. R. J. Gutherie, Sept. 15, 1889 (Guthrie)
George Willard m. Fannie Michaels, Jan. 25, 1890
Martin Meyers m. Maria Conklin, Mar. 9, 1890 (Myers)
L. J. Moore m. Ruie Conklin, Apl. 10, 1890
M. B. Long m. Mary Hardin (Harden) Jan. 17, 1891
Elwood Gump m. N. J. Phillips, Oct. 1, 1891
John W. Johnson m. A. F. Stewart, Oct. 15, 1891
J. B. Marshall m. Kate Johnson, Aug. 6, 1892
I. L. Lemley m. M. B. Moore, Oct. 20, 1892
Adam Shriver m. Eta E. J. Bennington, Nov. 17, 1892
Abraham Cosgray m. Jane Tustin, Jan 7, 1893
John Patterson m. D. M. Rinehart, Jan 1, 1894
James Lemley m. Adna Kughn, Mar 4, 1893
W. L. Phillips m. J. M. Granlee, Jan. 16, 1894
R. E. Ross m. S. A. Knisley, May 26, 1894
Abraham Pratt Yeager m. R. E. Lemley, Feb. 21, 1895
J. H. Phillips m. Sadie Shriver, Mar. 21, 1895

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THE MARRIAGE RECORD OF FLETCHER BROCK, WHO WAS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AT BLACKSVILLE DURING THE YEARS 1841-1845

Alexander Lentz m. Nancy Martin, _____ 1841
John W. McCans m. Mary Kenny )Kenney), Aug. 29, 1841
Noah Fluharty m. Luverna Wilson, Oct. 28, 1841
Solomon Ammons m. Elizabeth Ammons, Nov. ____ 1841
John L. Henon m. Mary Metts, Jan. ____ 1842
John B. Dawson m. Rachel Gain, Mar. 24, 1842
Timothy Tennant m. Susanna Tennant, Mar. 24, 1842
William B. Carpenter m. Agnes Durbin, Mar. 24, 1842
James Park m. Rachel Owen, May ___ 1842
Richard Anderson m. Mary Ammons, June 2, 1842
John Efaw m. Sarah Stephens, June 2, 1942
Michael Moore m. Margaret Sine, June 12, 1842
Cornelius Kenny m. Sarah Ann Conaway, July 5, 1842 (Kenney)
Bazzle Gordon m. Eleanor Wells, Aug. 14, 1842
John Kock m. Catherine Brookover, Aug. ___ 1842
Alexander Yeager m. Lucy Thralls, Sept. ___ 1842
John Waters m. Jane Cox, Oct. 6, 1842
Andrew Jones m. Mary Bolanger, Oct. 9, 1842
Hiram Mercer m. Amelia Lewis, Oct. 13, 1842
W. J. Gosgray m. Belva Spraggs, Oct. 15, 1842
Bice Phillips m. Levina Nichols, Oct. 22, 1842
Phillip Gump m. Jane Gray, Oct. 22, 1842
George Thomas m. Delila Mooney, Nov. 24, 1842
William Bradford m. Mary Cumberledge, May 4, 1943
Grosman Wells m. Rhoda Phillips, June 8, 1843
John I. Worley m. Maria Gordon, Dec. 21, 1843
John Tennant m. Elizabeth Dye, Jan 4, 1844
Jacob Haught m. Mary Eddy, Sept. 26, 1844
A. K. Watson m. Mary Johnson, Oct. 15, 1884
Eli Wilson m. Jane McCurdy, Oct. 15, 1844
Eli Brookover m. Catherine Mercer, Jan. 7, 1845

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Marriage Record of J. R. Tygard, J of P. - 1865-1867. Lived where Mr. Fletcher Brock lived
at an early date.

Daniel Moore, son of john Moore and Sarah A. Moore, widow of William Moore, and a daughter of John Shriver, Aug. 14, 1865.
C. L. Stier m. Lucinda McIntire, Sept. 1, 1865
William R. Shuman m. Minerva Arnett, Sept. 10, 1865
P. F. Hutson m. Anna M. Laws, Sept. 15, 1865
Sylvanus Duncan m. ____Martin, Sept. 24, 1865
Thomas Boice m. Nancy E. Lough, Oct. 14, 1865
Isaac R. Cocraughn m. Nancy J. Carroll, Oct. 20, 1865
C. W. Miller m. Martha Amos, Oct. 29, 1865
Samuel Tennant m. Matilda Pemple, Nov. 23, 1965
Thomas P. Sullivan m. Martha J. Grove, Nov. 24, 1865
R. S. Blagg m. Miss S. E. Squires, Dec. 7, 1865
Mr. _____ m Miss ____ of Monongalia C. Dec. 7, 1865
Mahlon Tennant and Miss S. E. Lemley, Feb. 8 1866
Norval Hamilton m. Elaline Wade, Feb. 15, 1866
Lindsay Moore m. Christenia Strosnider, Mar. 20, 1866
L. S. Youst m. Bonetha Tennant, Apl. 5, 1866 (Benitha )
James Eddy m. Arthenia Tennant, Apl. 12, 1866
F. G. West m. Jane Elma Johnson, Apl. 26, 1866
Spencer Stewart m. Catherine Henkins, Apl. 26, 1866
Alva Mason m. Catherine Fox, May 13, 1866
William L. Freeland m. Elizabeth Stiles, June 7, 1866
Christopher Lyons m. Rhoda Morris, June 19, 1866
Eugenus Stull m. Nancy Youst, July 1, 1866
Josephus Wilson m. Hellena Kennedy, July 12, 1866
John King m. Frances Ann Phillips, July 14, 1866
W. A. Parks m. Anna Tuttle, Aug. 2, 1866
John W. Foley m. Catherine Tennant, Aug. 2 1866
W. D. Phillips m. Sarah Cole Aug. 4, 1866
Simon P. Tennant m. Martha Lemley, Aug. 12, 1866
Zimri Tennant m. Catherine Devine, Aug. 12, 1866
Elias B. Koon m. Nancy R. Parrish, Aug. 22, 1866
Joseph Bean m. Nancy J. Kennedy, Sept. 6, 1866
Pinkey Eddy m. Martha E. Tennant, Sept. 20, 1866
____Morris m. Miss Miller of McCurdeysville, ( McCurdysville) Sep.22, 66
E. W. Wilson m. Elizabeth Clayton, Oct, __1866
Titus Lemley m. Elizabeth Shriver, (A), Dec. 30,1866
John Eakin m. Harriet Youst, Jan. 3, 1867
James E Youst m. Widow Brookover, Jan. 3, 1867
James E. Highland m. Lucy Patton, Jan. 25, 1867
William Ross (Rose) m. Margaret Chalfant, Mar. 10, 1867
D. A. Murphy m. Elizabeth Driver, Apl.___1867
L. V. Sillicott m. Elizabeth Carpenter, Apl. 27, 1867
E. G. Ammons m. Matilda Stoneking, June___1867
A. F. Ammons m. Ellen Hibbs, June 23, 1867
W. H. Batson m. Lucinda Watson, June 23, 1867
John Cross m. Mahala Foster, June 23, 1867
___Hutson m. ____Davis, Aug. 1867
Franklin Randall m. Sarah C. Shinn, Aug. 19, 1867
Fletcher Wilson m. Elba E. Brookover, Aug. 22, 1867

FUNERAL RECORDS OF A.. A. WADE OF BLACKSVILLE, W. V. A.

William Bowen d. Aug. 1, 1900
Susanna Stewart - Oct. 7, 1900
Elizabeth Strosnider- Nov. 4, 1900
Columbus Blaker - Nov.8, 1900
Johnny Riggs - Nov. 11, 1900
Rebecca Stewart - Nov. 23, 1900
R. L. Orndorff - Dec. 13, 1900
Peggy Tennant - Jan. 4, 1901
Cassie Tennant - Jan. 12, 1901
John Foley - Jan. 21, 1901
Jeremiah Wright - Jan. 29, 1901
Elizabeth Eddy - Feb. 1, 1901
Cassie McFeters - Feb. 5, 1901
John West - Feb. 10, 1901
J. L. Varner - Mar. 21, 1901
Mrs. Solly Tennant - Apl. 4, 1901
Apollo Stevens (Steplens) - Apl. 12, 1901
Sally Morris - Apl. 25,1901
Jemima Spritznaglu - Apl. 19, 1901
Mrs. Nancy Guthrie - Apl. 21, 1901
Cora Martin - Apl. 23, 1901
John I. Worley - Sept. 24, 1902
Alpheus B. Worley - Oct. 17, 1902
Mary Pratt - Nov. 8, 1902
Simon Thomas - Jan. 12, 1903
William Maple - Mar. 10, 1903
George Wreo - Apl. 2, 1903
Cornelius Johnson - May 2, 1903
Mrs. Ann N. Brown - Aug. 2, 1903
Abraham Emery - Aug. 25, 1903
Simon Thomas - Oct. 31, 1903

Josephus Strosnider - May 23, 1911
Adelaide Fletcher - Aug. 23, 1911
Agnes Brock - Nov. 25, 1911
Mrs. Mary Tennant - May 1, 1912
Richard Calvert - May 24, 1912
Mrs. Anna Burke - Nov. 11, 1912
Mrs. Lavona Minor - Nov. 19, 1912
Peter Alfred - July 6, 1913
Peter Johnson - Aug. 29, 1913
Mrs. John Johnson - Sept. 17, 1913-Tennant
Mrs. Margaret Johnson - Sept. 30, 1913
Louise Golden - Jan. 3, 1914
Newton Rose - Dec.22, 1913
Mrs. S. E. Spritnaglu - Oct. 3, 1914
Lewis Wilson - Feb. 22, 1915
Pitus Rose - Jan. 8, 1916
Alpheus Sine - Jan. 20, 1916
William poundy - March 16, 1916
Mrs. Moanna Stephens - Aug. 29, 1916
Minor Stephens - Mar. 21, 1917
Daniel Moore - Feb. 18, 1903
A. Jackson Tennant - Mar. 30, 1903
Samuel Gutherie - Mar. 31, 1903
David Henderson - Apl. 4, 1903
Mrs. James McCord - Apl. 18, 1903
Mrs. Mary Berry - May 31, 1903
Josephus Kent - July 2, 1903
Mrs. C. C. Barrickman - July 22, 1903
Joseph Morris - Nov. 2, 1903
Caroline Wade - Nov. 14, 1903
Duglas (Doug) Tennant - Dec. 17,

Mrs. Jacob Minor - Jan. 2, 1904
Miss Catherine Thralls - June 12, 1904
Richard Stewart - Apl. 24, 1904
Mrs. Peter Tennant - Aug. 8, 1904
Mrs. Caroline Strosnider - Aug. 8, 1904
Peter Tennant - Aug. 24, 1904
Mrs. Alphous Sine - Sept. 22, 1904
Mrs. Minerva Lantz - Sept. 22, 1904
Jacob Minor - Nov. 4, 1904
Abraham Pratt - Apl. 27, 1905
Betty Tennant - Aug. 23, 1905
Mrs. Nicholas Masters - Apl. 14, 1906
Mrs. S. E. Spitznagle - Dec. 20, 1906
Mrs. Peter Johnson. - May 8, 1907
Pratt Masters - May 30, 1907
Mrs. Hettie Minor - July 20, 1907
Hettie Brock - Aug. 11, 1907
Peter Chalfant - Jan. 19, 1908
Mrs. Wesley Kisley - Aug. 1, 1909
G. A. Burke - Dec. 8, 1909
Mrs. Susan Hoskinson - Mar. 21, 1910
Betty Roberts - May 13, 1921
Isaac N. Horner - Jan. 20, 1920
James Tennant - Feb. 8, 1920
W. A. Park - Mar. 16, 1920
Mrs. Clell Gardner - Oct. 23, 1920
Caroline V. Fletcher - Jan. 11, 1921
Sarah J. Strosnider - Jan. 28, 1921
John W. Cowell - Feb. 8, 1921
Rebecca Fletcher - Mar. 14, 1921
Amelia Thomas -Jan. 16, 1922
Caroline Tennant - Apl. 1, 1922
Edward Strosnider - May 17, 1922
Elizabeth Minor - July 7, 1922
Smith Longstreth - Oct. 10, 1922
E. C. Henkins - May 12, 1923
Frank Robinson - May 18, 1923
Mrs. L. M. Stephens - Oct.__1923
R. S. Lantz - July 12, 1924
James C. Rice - Dec. 11, 1926
E. T. Stewart - May 13, 1927
E. A. Park - Feb. 7, 1928
J. S. Hoskinson - June 7, 1928
Elizabeth Wells - Oct. 4, 1928
John N. Johnson - Jan. 5, 1930

Dolly Waters - Dec. 28, 1903
Mimrod Eddy - Dec. 29, 1903
Andrew A. Stewart - Jan. 18, 1904
Amos Cumberledge - Jan. 18, 1904
John Shanes - Jan. 29, 1904
James Eddy’s son - Feb. 12, 1904
Eliam Park - Feb. 26, 1904
Auphues Henderson - March 8, 1904
Cassie Howard - March 12, 1904
Edna Cook - April 3,___
James Kughn - Apl. 22,___
John Hoskinson - Apl. 3, 1917
Nicholas Masters - May 12, 1917
Mrs. L. L. Thomas - Nov. 26, 1917
Susan Fletcher - Jan. 17, 1918
Emma Roggese - June 12, 1918
David Owen - Oct. 22, 1918
Don Stephens - Jan. 25, 1919
Reed Strosnider - Aug. 29, 1919
Sylvester Wilson - Oct. 19, 1919
Mrs. Almeda Renner - Nov. 29, 1919
Mrs. Zelma Johnson - Dec. 26, 1919
Fanny Fetty - Apl. 30, 1901
Mrs. Nancy Stephens - May 9, 1901
Stephen Headlee - May 18, 1901
Mrs. Lydia John - May 21, 1901
Asbury Levelle - June 7, 1901
Christopher Lochard - July 3, 1901
William Cummins - July 18, 1901
Charlie Watson - July 24, 1901
Macy Wright - Aug. 21, 1901
Mrs. Hannah Grove - Aug. 22, 1901
Lewis Lemley - Oct. 6, 1901
Samuel Thralls - Nov. 18, 1901
Samuel Headlee - Nov. 30, 1901
Jasper Strosnider - Dec.2, 1901
Mrs. John Howard - Dec.26, 1901
Ella Wade - Jan. 18, 1902
Mrs. Charles Ernest - Feb. 9, 1902
William Graham - Feb. 23, 1902
Abram Gosgray - Mar. 1, 1902
Mary Franks - Mar. 15, 1902
Mrs. John Martin - Mar. 26, 1902

Louisa J. Martin - Apl. 4, 1933
McKindrie Wilson - Oct. 1, 1933
Lucinda Johnson - Apl. 2, 1902
Thomas Williams - Apl. 5, 1902
Nimrod Moore - May 11, 1902
Andy Baden (Braden) - May 19, 1902
Christenia Martin - June 25, 1902
Mrs. Mary Thomas - July 14, 1902
William Whitehill - Aug. 17, 1902
Sam Morris’s Wife - Sept. 17, 1902
Eli Whitlatch - Sept. 18, 1902