Book Purge - Capon Valley, Vol. II, Part 2

Pugh, Maud. Capon Valley: Its Pioneers & Their Descendants 1698 to 1940, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc., 2000.  Originally printed in 1946.

p. 281 Brills, Confederate Veterans

Company K, Captain Pyles, 18th Virginia Cavalry:

• Joseph Brill
• Isaac Brill
• L.S. Brill
• W.P. Brill
• L.P. Brill

Company E, 24rd Virginia Cavalry, J. Mort, Captain - Harrison Brill

Company D, 11th Virginia Cavalry, E.H. McDonald, Captain - Mathias Brill killed at Darksville

Company B, 18th Virginia Cavalry, George W. Stump, Captain: 

• Joseph Brill
• John H. Brill
• Morgan Brill, killed
• perhaps others not reported

Book Purge - Capon Valley, Vol. II, Part 1

Capon Bridge, West Virginia

Pugh, Maud. Capon Valley: Its Pioneers & Their Descendants 1698 to 1940, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc., 2000.  Originally printed in 1946.

p. 20 Fort Edwards: This fort was built by Joseph Edwards on his 400-acre ract, lying on both sides of Capon River, where Capon Bridge now [p. 21] stands. It was completed in or before the year 1748. It stood about one-half mile below where the old North Western Turnpike at a later date crossed Capon near a ferryboat crossing.

This Fort, located on the west side of the river, enclosed a never-failing spring of water, the same spring used by the family of Mr. Fenton Riley at this time, who lives north of and near Capon Bridge High School.

Fort Edwards must have been large, considering that it was for some years the only safe shelter from the Indians nearer than Wincheser and, it is thought, saved nearly all the families then in the whole Capon Valley from slaughter during the early Indian warfare. 

The 400 acres was willed by Edwards to Samuel and Jesse Pugh, his grandson, the latter being the great grandfather of Mr. Amos L. Pugh, and he former the reputed founder of Capon Bridge, Settlement "the Ferry" - Mary Edwards, daughter of Joseph Edwards, married Robert Pugh, father of Samuel and Jessie. They, Robert and Mary, were later parents of ten other children, twelve in all. 

Book Purge - Capon Valley Vol. I

Pugh, Maud. Capon Valley: Its Pioneers & Their Descendants, 1698 to 1940, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, 1995.  Originally published in 1948. 

p. 21 Hampshire County, Now, West Virginia, This division of the Old Dominion was first Spottsylvania County, 1720 to 1734, then Orange County, 1734 to 1738. In the year 1738 the portion of Orange County, Virginia, west of the Blue Ridge, was made into two counties, Augusta and Frederick, since there were already many settlements there.  Frederick county embraced the lower, or northern part of Shenandoah Valley with Winchester as the county seat, and Augusta, the southern or pper, with Staunton as the county seat.  This division embraced the whole Northwest Territory which extended to the Mississippi River and from this Hampshire, the oldest county in West Virginia, was chiefly formed in 1754, in pursuance of an Article passed by the General Assembly on December 13, 1753, and then included Hardy, Mineral, Grant counties, parts of Morgan and Pendleton, Hardy, being cut off from it in 1785, and Mineral soon after the Civil War, and Grant from that fourteen days later, 1866.

Hampshire is now a part of the Eastern Pan Handle of West Virginia. It contains 640 square miles and

Ahnentafel #492 - (--?--) Tewalt

(--?--) Tewalt  - backtracking to Generation 9 

Other spellings: Teewalt, Tivault, Tivult, Devault Dewalt

Born: ca. 1740
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Possibilities:
1762 - Philadelphia, PA - Baptismal record in First (Trinity) Reformed Church - Daniel Dewalt & wife Susanna Grebil parents of Petrus, b. 21 May 1762, baptized 11 July 1762, Georg Meyer & wife sponsors.

1781 - Oct. 21 - Hampshire Co., WV - Land warrant for 288 acres issued to John Devault by Governor of Virginia:

Beverley Randolph Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  To all

Ahnentafel #178 - John Henry

John Henry, Sr., backtracking into Generation 8

Born: by 1759
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Notes:
Some people claim that John Henry is a relative of Patrick Henry.  I don't think that is correct as those Henrys are accounted for and end up in Tennessee.  It is more likely that our John Henry moved through Virginia and Ohio and maybe got as far west as Illinois with the Robertsons. If his son is the same as James D. Henry, sheriff of Sangamon Co., Illinois, John lived in Pennsylvania.  

Records:
1770 - Virginia, Fauquier Co. rent roll - a John Henry is listed

1777 - Virginia, Fauquier Co., rent roll - a John Henry is listed

Notebook - Mom's Families, No. 3, Part III

Eastwood, Elizabeth. General Daniel Morgan's Life - A Summary, Morgan Migrations, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring-Summer, 1994.

The information we have found on General Daniel Morgan's ancestry, siblings and early life is meager. The names of his parents and siblings are not known and the place of his birth is claimed by both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Many different families have stated their relationship to him, but have not been able to prove it.

We'd like to summarize what we have found out about General Daniel Morgan's life. It is very important to read again some of the information given by James Graham, his first biographer, in 1859 (pages 17-22). Graham was married to one of Daniel's granddaughters, his evidence seems to us to be most valuable. He writes that very little is known of Daniel's ancestry, parentage and early history.  The only source was Gen. Morgan himself, who evaded answering questions and was very uncommunicative. Occasionally, in friendly conversation, something might be learned.  There was information from Rev. Dr. William Hill of the Presbyterian Church, Winchester, who was the General's pastor and intimate friend and was with him when he died. Zoe Steen Moore had heard of the conversations and friendship between the General and Doctor,from her friend Miss Snyder, Dr. Hill's niece. Daniel and his parents were of Welsh extraction; came from Wales to Philadelphia, between 1720-1730;

Ahnentafel #480 - James Fitzgerald

James Stephen Fitzgerald

Born: ca. 1720 probably in what would become Orange County, Virginia
Died: Franklin Co., Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary Yowell or Howell

Records:

1762 - Oct. 20, Orange Co., VA - Deed from Thomas & Ann (Bullard) Smith of Trinity Parish, Louisa County to James Fitzgerald of Orange County £32 for 400 acres, bounded by Richard Dirret, Bartholomew Dirret and the county line.  Recorded Oct. 28, 1762 in Orange County. Were the Dirrets and Fitzgeralds related? 

1763 - June 22 - Orange Co. & Albemarle Co., VA - James & Mary Fitzgerald sold 200 acres to Charles Douglas for £16, on the Branches of Pretty's Creek, bounded by James Isbell, Benjamin Winn & William Sims. 

Ahnentafel #247 - Margaret Brill

Margaret Brill

Born: before 1775
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Peter Tewalt January 20, 1795 in Frederick Co., Virginia

1790 no Brills listed on the Virginia census

1800 not listed on census 

1810 not listed on census

1820 Stephensburg, Frederick Co., VA a Peter Tewalt family listed on census.  

Children:
Son
Daughter
Elizabeth 
Son
Daugher
Son

Ahnentafel #246 - Peter Tewalt

Peter Tewalt

Born: between 1766 to 1775
Died: after 1820

Buried: Unknown

Married: Margaret Brill Jan. 20, 1795 in Frederick Co., VA

Occupation: probably a farmer

Ahnentafel #244 - Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith

Born: probably in Germany by 1778
Died: ca. 1830 in Holmes Co., Ohio 

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Biographical sketch from Portrait & Biographical Record of Madison County, Illinois, John H. Smith entry: 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Christopher Smith, was born in Germany, and on emigtrating to the United States, when a young man, located first in Virginia, and later took up his abode in Ohio, where he spen the remainder of his life. His sons and daughters lived in the Buckey State until the spring of 1839, when they disposed of the farm and removed to Indiana . . . 

Records:

1790 not found on census 

Research Log

Wilsons in the 1820 Orange County, Indiana Census

#125 James

• 1 male -10 - could be Alexander
• 1 male 16-25
• 1 male 26-44 James b. between 1776-1794
• 1 female -10
• 1 female 10-15
• 1 female 16-25

#125 Jaspar

• 1 male 10-15 - might be Alexander
• 1 male 16-18
• 1 male 16-25
• 1 male 45+ Jaspar

Notebook - West Virginia

Brannon, Selden. Historic Hampshire, Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1976.

Hampshire County map 1758 showing forts, current county lines, rivers

Hampshire County Census of 1782, not sure what the code means
no Brills listed
Tivault, Andrew 7 whites, 0 blacks, 5 code
Tivault, John 11 whites, 0 blacks, 5 code
Tivult, Nicholas 6 whites, 0 blacks, 7 code

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Forbes, Harold. "A Brief Guide to Published Research Resources in the West Virginia and Regional History Collection," Newsletter, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, April 2003, Richmond, VA: The Virginia Genealogical Society. 

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Garner, Grace. Earliest Settlers Western Frederick - Eastern Hampshire Counties in Virginia Their Descendants, no imprint. 

From Warranties of Lands; Vol. 24, Series 3, Penn. Archives.  These names soon show in Frederick and Hampshire Counties in Virginia: Briel, 1759; Edwards, 1734; Grove, 1737; Smith (Christian), 1736

Research Day - Charles Erkman

A not so distant cousin was discovered . . . 

State Magazine Spotlights Richwood Artist, from the State Education "State Ed."

Caricaturist 'Treats' Staff in Nicholas

Publications of the Nicholas County Newsline, the lively newsletter for the county school system, has become a widely-anticipated event among local educators curious about who will be the latest to get the Charles Erkman "treatment."

For a number of issues now, Newsline editor JoAnn Gainer has been selecting caricatures by Erkman for publication.  Bold in both style and wit, Erkman, who teaches commercial art at the Nicholas County Vo-Tech Center, has had a little fun with Nicholas educators at all levels, in and out of the classroom.  

In Memoriam April nd

1528 Thomas Perkins in England.  He wrote his will on April 3^rd and it was probated on April 21^st.  His wife’s name was Alice and they had at least three children: Henry, Joan and Juliana.  Thomas and his wife 

1704 Irena & Alithea Bradford the twin daughters of Joseph & Anne (Fitch) Bradford were born April 6, 1704 and died before the end of the month.  Joseph & Anne had another set of twins in 1715 whom they named Irene and Alithea.