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Naomi Ditiey near Diley's Mill; the lete Neill on Puck's Run, where Joseph B, liclei11 new lilisboro, ngton lM bw B “Si the late John Nolieill Junior, merchant at were his children, hha Uellaiz of Augusta Moore 1 ledll Piast uuwsied County and settled on Dry Creek, near the mouth. His second ‘ancy Auldridge; dauchter of William Aularidge, ances— By this max- wife wes ‘tor of the Auldridge connection in our county. Tiage there were two daughters and one son. Clark died in early manhood, Thocbe Au was uaizicd ty Rouben Overholt, Nancy Decame lirs. 1, H. Overholt. William Melfeill married Nency Griffey from Franklin County, Virginie, a daughter of a Swiss soldier who came over with the Marquis la Fayette and remained to become a citizen ey Settled on the Thomas Icle111 orca of the United States. homestead. 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FO UOTLONS w UO PSTAA9s pue Funox vers porte | amy (TUFOLOM WETTLTA Jo wos puooss ‘trreyor upegde *suos TFeus SHON TLTeILoT some; UTERden oquT ‘sossitn (0c ‘TeTueg ‘werttt *TUTMO esy + acy yoour augnsp zFow oT LOLIONE MEP tex DUE soy uomUY +e. -xong 799% peorsewoy PTO Ou. Uo LeTa20g for, “SIL “UOSTYpy fo tequdnep ‘uoSsTIpy wUTTeauy tepareu TUT S10: 1 ue a a a Hamtey, ° es aes a Onarles and Jacob Kennisan of the Little Levels were ong the earliest pioneers, They had heard of the streams Flowing toward the mest. In their exploration of the Greenbrier Valley they found Jom \ielleel, a refugee neighbor near I Thero three yersuns avvenpued permanent seulleuvats about 1765 and thus left their old hones a few miles from Winchester, Vir- ginia, near Capon Springs. Charles Kennison's wife was Wertha Day. ‘bout the time of Braddocks defeat she and her mother were taken prisoners by the Indiens in the Capon neighborhood. (m the moming after her ceptivity, lirs. Day remarked to her friends that she believed the Indians were going to xill her. "Oh Mothor, wnat makes you think su" cavlaimed Marti, "Because they have given moccasins to el] the soicccstepehe. and have left me barefooted" replied the Mother. When ell were ready to move on, a warrior walked up to lire, Day end struck her a stunning b: Davia x, avid Kennison was born June 7 1767, He married Susanna sghe ‘ %) & sister of Moses and Milburn Hughes. David Kennison Soon a after his marriage settled Forth of Mill Point. They were th ve the parents of two daughters - Esther who became irs. William ff the Neel, and Blizabeth,and these are the names ©: Seven sons, Charles, Villian, Lawrence, lark, David, James snd Jacob. All these chilaren went west vacept Jacck Fermison, Who married(in 1626) Catherine Clendenen ani settled on the homestead. In reference to their children -- Hewmeh was the Willies first wife of the late Williem Morrison near Buckeye. norried Jane, daughter of Squire John Mcleel and lived om Dry Ilencltich Bland merriei Fliz- Allan married Brauch, He was a Union Suldier. abeth Ann Silve and located in Bragiton County; Rebecea Perkins and lived on the Greenbrier east of Hillsboro, West Virginia. leney married John D. Rorke of Marlinton. Sarah nn became lirs, Isaac Hill of Hills Creek. John Bland died in ook ai bas rN early youth. Devad Dierly, # Gutite the War. lirs, Catherine was a well Imovm citisel his district. seg AST, UsTtISTTO 2 BOATT § SupAey ‘e3e Gin we 42 669 UT veTD TeTTeNseL soutq SuoT e top sTeqstuTe quereutyt out TOF queszeTd +t epeut ouoy situa. pagtlegowzeyo FeU+ &q7t2qtdson ‘ gnozates pue sseujeem oy * esnoU qdex xayqorq stu} pue sus y *paTiaeu reset ous WAeqezTig zeqsts suo ped four *pariiew Ay qoneu wosTuuey TaTUEUABA “UOSTUMST METITTA UH uosTuuet ‘ ‘N . TetuBcyell fo gece qenf apuey u> pegeooT SOTTEUD zeujorq sty UF eget euy uos stu Aq petdnoco atem WOT OLOGSTITH a + 2 ) exeouord moTLes ou; ‘uosTuNey qoowp “TTTH OBEST Fo 203i" auep TITH Baton peTATeU WoSTUUSLL ue8ioi] ‘*oorg suereg peyzreU uostuuex USTIV 29T0aD 6“ TTTH samoyg eset eug fq ploy outs auo 16 fazedord Uo BeATT pue [LEI SOTTy petite feTs uyor . ~ pecs susmipemmerensenrT eee, Srmnoo, 7% 2ause75: 34 Saale Mera petizem UT wrg SeMCUL =~ AOSTT TSH Teueey peTaceu suTogtety comp (AttmEs STH 02 SouNTOFET UT '243999 eUTE B parTnboe epeogsomot ou; KO paT33es Tue WoOsTTIO otds ay 7 pee PATON STdStTIta epto og yoSTUCey MOTIZd UNO ‘UTe_UMOY 3,9 poTrren uOst t. fe TUTELMO S\ SURE Zo ey ong: tr, aoxb) CORES RES SP Aq 350 40US paEY sty puy ZSeTpTOs qaazopagung v tos TOM AMOTIUOTY MOP + AatMOg g 109 SeTOYOT mi " ca bs any years 9 "egistrate in his district. He re dex Si education at the Hillsboro Academy, mainly “ition of Rev, 1, p, Dimlap. Ir, Tmlap regarded of the most exemplary d ever young persons that he ha © Davis Kennison married Rebecoa Lewis, daughter of Janes Lewis, who owned large ova fertile tracts of Greenbrier Valley. James Lewis was one of the prietors of Hillsboro, John L. Kennison married S another daughter of James Lewis and lived near a farm inherited by his wife from her father James iam Kennison never married. Nathaniel warcried Miss 12 of Greenbrier County. £ the most skillful work was done mn with broad axe and whip saw. ‘k thet was done inf? Kennisons, © : the pioneer (Prem Vaiter's notes and iistory py vamilies) LEVI MOORE - Pioneer More than one hundred years ago, one of the most "idely Imovm citizens in the region now embraced by Poca- hontas and Beth Counties was Levi Moore, Senior, a native of Wales, He was the Pioneer of Frost ana came there sonetime Previous to the Revolution and wes among the first to make @ Permanent settlenent, The lends he settled are now omed by the Gibsons, Sharps and others, His wife was Susanna Crist, He Pinst sottled in Pemeylvenia nlese be Lived uulil Uls Tamily, two sons and tmo daughters were born and the older ones nearly grown ¥, Hannah Moore married Robert Gay, the ancestor of the Cey families so frequently mentioned in our records, Sally Moore became Mrs. John nit one of the first pemencnt settlers of the Earay ae near the head ee eee wo sty jo AT Tumy ou FUTABy *eperq IMI oy} UT euMgtOZ eZTeT 2 2 PeSSEWE BY eLOUM EYSBIQEN Of 4UeM PITY] ayy sTOO TAeT *égumog vosyoep 02 quem ATTeUTE pue yeexp Auoyg Jo peoy ouz. 0% peaou uoUg ‘yeer) sddeuy uc petises pue ysuey Tonug Po zequgnep (Ysne, eoosqey PSFATem azooy ue-puy ‘weTpT Tyrer? ray ere ‘souaTejuOg eLOUTyTeg eu Jo TecstuTW 2 ‘TeeNOK *4 UNO? pueresey fume syfong Fo fT seo *¢ Ydesop ‘ouTteag pue uy ‘meqtaty 'Tenmeg ‘myop ‘ATTeasg ‘TAaT ecem WeXp[TYO rey *4zerg weTpUr JO YsMe_ UMOP pusteAeY S9eT SU3 PeTETeM ‘zoTUNP ez0O; qaet ‘uos Jo xecuSuep ryjoue fetooy euaTeN +480) 943 UT peTP meg zougorq TeH “*peSYSEUIOY euA UC PeATT 2Ue sUOUNTE UYoOL eqet aug petarem ‘kqmepoy yoreSzey ToqgyIuep coy *uny TemneT eeu poatT pue £4 7BQ; TIE PeTATEU et00y yore9ray TOUTAX] UoLIeY wos e sau azar pue 4eez9 oTI4FT UO AsTTON snz49 PeT-LeM eUeENg +yeerD youg eTaaTT wo peTIFeS pre Apregoy o4%y POTATEU CUTART WoRTTA + Sump zoqsaen, WE peTHeS DUS Toute WETLTEN PeTsreM exEAzT eEToutg5 sequrSzTa ‘Myunog eqensny go 865709 Atvoy petazeu etastq squeppove we UT POTTTH SeM SUTATI TaeT ‘peor 3eer9 yoes ayy soabor {soxd 09 PEOT our ATS SsMOY AoTZq cua ge DeATT pew yeorp Howd UO SUTARI PROUCOT POTAIEH excox oOaqer 2 Mama CBA fyrnre— eee OF her OF ee toe Cepihon Nactlace aece els O ee Ty Foor ’ ‘ary Jane Uoore, the third daughter, nade hex home her daughter, Ir: yhurch. Hatilda Moore, near Mount Zion © George Moore, the youngest: son was about as tall as his father, He spent sone years in the Vest, then returned to ae about 1841 and was 2 pupil at the first session, Mot Megi'sexet in ne muiievere soaceny about 1048, ob HEMI =horO, Pocahontas County. The Rev. Joseph Bron was Principal. He had the stuay of medicine in view and was an exemplary student in his in his efforts to qualify himself. lir. Brown took much interest in the quiet and busy student but he contracted tuberculosis and ied at tho hono of hic cister--Iirs. Rebecca Iryine on Back Creek. Levi Moore Senior located 575 acres of a British survey on the head waters of Knapps Oreek, After the Revolution new requirenents were made in order to seoure permanent possession. Tt was tn pay a requisite fee. A warrant would be given for the land and a patent granted uP the Federal Governnent. The “7 4vLa els elsewhere Was exchanged for the warrent on Adjoining Aaron Moore was agreed upon by Poage and Levi 8nd the patent Was applied for, George Poage stated the that there haa been an exchangé of warrants and at Poage's St the title for 575 acres was vested in Levi Moore, r 8S assignee of Levi Moore Senior. The transaction is interesting and shown the spirit 1c manhuod, integrity and honesty. It brings out the 2 Rule. So far as the law went, Poage could have she 575 acres with all the improvements and good ies of the land at the time the warrant or claim ere bore no comparison in real value to the claim @ lands = adjoining the lands of Aaron Woore. We should love and honor the memory of our pioneer s and keep their record before us when we Imow the f citizen they were. Honest, God fearing, brave and true. Their like ever be known. Again let history record every name love and honor remember th Sqmepeceate USTTSU_ equoTPUT ‘MosTTTED ‘woy3ng ‘eTeeg ‘wound “e@prapiny “ptetsind *aedoop ‘tInH ‘TTeppoon, ‘umosg ‘uos sour ‘poomeyey ‘motaed ‘uosTypy ‘uosttUTE ‘Setyong ‘prorTe9 ‘wosuyor ‘tosqt) ‘yaeTd ‘yoTuey ‘smougqeN ‘qorurey *ausosep YStTIuF-yoycog Jo ystxI-yoqoos ATduz ‘uoeyoangow “Teta ‘dreys ‘uoyy~mmey ‘frm ‘oostten ‘eoutgow ‘outacy “Preoury “ITH ‘WBUUBH ‘UeABTS ‘Zeixed ‘preag ‘foQoy ‘mattogoy, *Kep ‘uouuptq ‘efptrxooT ‘arey ‘taenow ‘:aes30y ‘ysney, Suprgoog ‘uTTySneToW ‘Ayregem ‘otderTtty ‘erooy "qUs0Sep UBUten e1BOTPUT ‘4TOTTeAQ pue ‘mung ‘hermoeg ‘teveacy ‘zoure, ‘aeyotaysuepas ‘zouang ‘acperyg eit ‘aToqesep ‘sqseqs ‘otdrs ‘ring ‘uemto47eH ‘pToroH ‘aseBoqry ‘zefe0x ‘aedaey ‘temyuStT ‘eseya se seweu yong *qu30sep YeTsI-yozo9g Jo ere eTdoed AruN0D SeQUOYROOZ

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