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BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W.WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1930.HP*!rD. A. R. Chapter Hears LifeStory of Capt. James Allenarles Ison, | rriUMrs. S. M. Bledsoe Presents Paper on History ofon West Virginia soil, the last at Fort Henry, on September 11, 1782. The fort was located on the present site of Wheeling and I was so named for Patrick Henry.Captain Janies Allen saw hisNoted Pioneer Ancestors of Many Peoplebrother Hugh killed in battle andof West Virginia and VirginiaAn interesting historical paperMrs. °n the life and works of Captainmies.!* lames Allen, VirginiatorgeMrs.wlin.pioneer,was written by Mrs. S. M. Bledsoe and read yesterday at theginia pioneers, “Long Knives,the Indians called them, followed J“f***, marr'/(l MillerBoone's Trace throush Cumber- wLi Tf k lt;fA •Works, on Mossy Creek. Augustaland Gap in settling Kentuckyond wife of Franklin McCue;'about the year 1775, determined the first and last battles of the Mary, wife of l)r. Moorman, and to establish Augusta Academy and ! American Revolution were foughtRebecca, wife of Stuart McClung, it was at first proposed to locate of Greenbrier. George Crawford, this institution at Staunton. At a Major John Crawford’s older meeting of the Presbytery in April brother, married Nancy Winter. 1775, persons were appointed toHer parents w ere William and j solicit subscriptions in behalf of Anne Boone Winter, the latter an {the Academy, among whom were: aunt of Daniel Boone. Elisabeth j William McPheeters, John Trim-Winter, a sister of Mrs. George shell, at North Mountain, Thomas placed a stone at his grave. HeCrawford, married Abraham Stuart and Walter Davis at Tink- died at the age of ninety-fourLincoln, the grandfather of Presi- fling Spring, Sampson Mathews atStaunton, and Jomes Allen, George Mathews and George Moffet injyears,Augusta congregation. In 1775 the Presbytery determinedto locate the school on TimberRidge, as there was no one inIjdent Lincoln. Hannah Winter, !another sister of Mrs. GeorgeCountv.nThe historical data was obtained from a number of books of reference by Mrs. Bledsoe, and there are a number of descenri-itingeek.nessrjed Captain James Trimbell. He was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1756. When a boy of.. _ , . , eight years of age his father wasants ot .aploin Allen in Berkley |killed and he and others wereand Bus section of Southern West Lurried off by the Indians. OnVirginia that arc tnerested in the ||})c 18th davpaperAt Henry Miller’s death, property was supposed toduable ofThis inchid-rge witheight thousand acres of land. This was in 1811.It may he mentioned that thehaving been an Elder of AugustaStone Church for sixty-fourthe oldest Presbyterian May, Church west of the Blue RidgeMountains.For reference see:Waddell’s Annals of Augustataunton to take the management County, Virginia, Second Revis-and if was uncertain whether Jed Edition; Annals of South Westthere would ever he. At the same (Virginia, By Lewis Preston; time, the Reverend William Gra- Withers’ Chronicles of Border ham was elected rector and a Warfare; Nelson Wiley Evans young man named John Mont- and Archie Hurlburt, Historians, fomery his assistant. Mr. Graham Marietta, Ohio; Collins’ HistoryThe entire document,isit-as presented by Mrs. Bledsoe, is as follows:As far as known, the country now embraced in Augusta Coun-ofGeorge Moffet County CourtMarch,qualifiedasa member of Captain Georgeountfim-IVtv, \iiginia, was never entered 'Mathews’ Company, at the battle by white man until the year 171(1. ot Poim ,|easant;Six years earlier, however, someHue- ; mis, »ton.lbur) aDeportion of the Valley of Virginia• ISI pff SSPfjnc HI had been seen from the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains by a company of European adventurers, so wrote Governor Spotfs-wood, December 15, 1710, to the Council of Trade, in London, England.The Shawnee Indians had asettlement in the lower valley, atgrandfather of President Lincoln, [was horn in Pennsylvania in 1746then living in the part of Augusta and educated at what was thenI County w hich is now Rocking-1 Princeton College. Mr. Moni*. 1'^-jham, attended a court martial at gonier.v was born in Augusta andin the j Staunton March 13. 1776. as cap- •’ graduated at Princeton in 1775,r„ . guardian of fai*n 0f a nij]jpa company. His !He spent the last years of his’ ani('.s ,,1 inil,, orI)h‘,ui of John name was w ritten “Abraham hfc as pastor of the Rocky Spring ' unbell. W hen eighteen years Linkhorn.” jChurch, in Augusta County Vir-o! age, 1 / /4, James 1 nmbell was Margaret Allen, fifth daughter ginia. Trustees were also ap~of Captain James Allen, married pointed: Reverend John Brown,, Major William Bell, son of Joseph Reverend James Waddell, Thom-Dunng the |Bell, of Augusta County, Virginia. 8 *s and Andrew Lewis, WilliamRevolutionary war he was Cap- (Major Bell was County Surveyor Preston, Sampson Mathews, Sam-Augusta County for many ucl McDowell, George Moffet, and•others. In 1779 the school was .. _ _. Mary Allen, sixth daughter of I removed to Lexington and calledman others, moved to Kentucky, j Captain James Allen, married “Liberty Hall.” An act of incor-the party traveling horseback, ;Colonel Nicholas Lewis. Of this porafion by the Legislature wasJane Allen I nmbell carrying her ; famjjy Yerv jjpje sfcms to be obtained in 1782 and the institu-iwo smallest children with hei, known, except that they reniov- lion has now become Washing-Allen 1 nmbell behind her, who Y(| to Kentucky. ton and Lee University.of Kentucky.*Pax, W. Va.Miss Louise Turner and Mr.tain of Rifle Rangers. Jane Allen i0f was his second wife. In 1783 Captain T rim hell’s! \ ears.family, within 1826 became Governor of Ohio,land William Allen Trimbell, the has nen! Vv*in! is now' VS inehester,, baby s]1e carried in her lap, be-pcjiS • v lrguua, the oldest settlement1 oomo o flirt I n llo/lNancy, the seventh child ofCaptain James Allen, married! the place now called WillowCaptain James Allen lived near{west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, statesand parties of that tribe frequent- ^ad liberated his slaves and was \anevly tiaversed this section on 1mnt-1afout to remove to Hillsboro,mg expeditions or on war I ike lt;; Ohio, when he died in 1804.expeditions against the southern! . ... , , cj Ann Allen, second daughter ofcamerc-re-lavs' !p c ‘ r, 1 * 1} ,e 'I * • i i Captain Samuel Frame, of Angus- Spout, on the macadam road abouta mem itr o k ni i( County, \ irginia. Their chil- jeight. miles north of Staunton. C!1.a Vtt am 1 iin k Jdren were John, Thomas and As we have seen, he was a Cap-and ;tribes, hut there was no Indianvillage or wig wain within theSarah, the eighth child of Captain James Allen, the first wife of James Bell, was the mothermarried ’of Colonel William A. Bell.andral-ofpresent limits of Augusta County. L. , , .. . , • !General JohnAs late as the year 1754 theyWilliam Allen, ninth child ofun-W.ley.JCaptain James Allen,Colonel George Poage, son of jPoage and grand-I.... . . .. Non of Robert . Poage. Robert |young lady from Kentucky, Susanwere still having Indian raids as poage settled two miles north of Bell, and in 1783 they w'ent toar cast as '‘Topper County, istaunton and, as soon as he ar- Kentucky to live, and settled atjrgniia. Stephen Holshin, in t ic rjvefj jn the Valley, on land that Lexington. They had six chi 1-X(,u /,} * ils c£,ptiired by the be purchased from William Bev- dren. Their oldest daughter mar-, r .. „ ... .erley, from what was then known ried Mathew Jouett, the famouspepper Ironi (lie \alley of \ ir- ' ..BcverIcv Manor.” of which larlist of Kenlucky. and her oldest!,t’ 0 1 u os(‘d’ed and sot \- j there were seven hundred and (laughter married Ilichard Mene-tain of militia in 1756 and participated in the battle of Point Pleasant, the first battle of the American Revolution, in the!** month of October.I would like to mention thatJanse Lively were married June 6. Mrs. Lively is the daughter of C, A. Turner, of Weirwood.Homer Glenn Hunter, son of Dr. A. L. Hunter, has returnedfrom his studies at VV. V. I.Mr. and Mrs. French Davis and j children, of Berkley, Mrs. H. B. ! Davis and children, Misses Violet and Carrie Maynor and Master James Maynor called on Mrs, Rhoda Davis Sunday.Mrs. Milord Kofer and son, David, of Waverly, Ohio, arrived in town Sunday to spend a few days with Mrs. Rhoda Davis.Miss Elva Canterbury has returned from her studies at New Ri\er State.Aubrey Canterbury and Holly Tyree motored to Princeton Sunday, .Hopping at Lake Shawnee for a swim.Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Judv and V..S +Captain James Allen, married a some historians claim that bothLYRICIndians after returning lo Cul-To-day and Thursday.0. od in the battle of Point Pleasantitio-hurm 1774. The Holston River named for this man.seventy-two acres. This was i fee, the celebrated Kentucky ora- !Vk3s (about the year 1755. He, a short tor. Another daughter married(time later, purchased a thousand s Dr. Alexander Mitchell, of FrankvedIford, and one of her other daught ers married Oliver art ist.Frazier, theeenhisOne of Captain William Allen’s sons was Colonel William II. Allen, formerly of Augusta Countv,e e 1 i at endBefore Ihe year 1738 I he whole j acres in Augusta from the Gov-rcgion west of the Blue Ridge eminent. General John Poage ac-constituted ji part of Orange. In companicd Colonel George Wash-( : \ear 1738. however, Novem- j jngton on the Bratldock Camber 1st, the General Assembly of pnign. After tile Braddock expc-t ic (.olony of 5 irginia passed an j dit ion. Colonel George Wash in g-tV / ilt;V't u 1 11 s Ji i 11 Ihe counties ofj[on visited the home of General I and another one was Colonelh ink and Augusta. Ihe new :J0hn Poage in Augusta County James Allen, of Missouri. James1 y? I!' ;s.n name(J Jn honor ^bout the first days of October. Allen, the tenth child of Captain‘ ’ •illt;clt;t \\ ales, son j 1778. (Record, Wiliiamsburg, Vir- (James Allen, married Elizabeth of King George II, and father of (ginia.) Tate. Their children were: Wil-■\u-usLi 'The act ^[nr.'ferT'' ! WiI,iam Poa«e’ an uncle of liam, who married a Miss Poage,the’ territory west of the Phm Co}0,11,1 Gcor^e ™d his John, who married, firstof the i- (f J wife, Anne Poage, carried the Polly Crawford, and, second Ann.. . i*xft n.nngr first spinning wheel into Ken- Barry widow of I)r. William Mein other directions to the utmost., 11,10lucky. William Poage was her second husband; a Mr. McGintycounties named. l,C!lt;./0,.Ir.^ a!u^ }as^‘ ^nnePoages first two husbands were'pa-ills,mtm.Friday and SaturdayRIN-TIN-TININiiOn the Border”Legg motored to Huntington over the week end. [J. O. Canterbury was the din- j ner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. John Gore. Mr. Gore’s daughter, Mrs. 1 liomas, is visiting here a few days.Clarence Shufflebarger, of lt-mann, was a caller in town onSaturday night.H. B. Davis and B. H. A1 ift* have dissolved partnership in the Pax Garage company, Mr. AI iff selling out to Mr. Davis. The services of Mr. Alitl' s nephew, Elmer McMil-lian have been retained.The long Branch Methodistchurch gave a Sunday school program on June 8, that was very attractive. Mrs. Ray Humphrey had charge of the program. Besides the children’s performances a quintette was sung by Miss Virginia Williams, Miss Pauline Sowders, Miss Rossettious Blake, Claude Sowders and Hubert Ellison.sesterereIrs.Ridge mountains andA duct was sung by Miss j | Williams and Miss Blake and aisoio bv Mr. AI Linder.limits of Virginia, from Orange County, and created it into theCue and, removing to Michigan was the founder of Ann Arbor,' so named for his wife; Mary, wife of Captain John Welsh;I fhc business of the people of I killed bv the Indians. William (Margaret, or Peggy. Allen, wasen, |f.,!14l's,a uas h;a;isac,e,! lt;)!-ange and Anne Poage were among theing | °url House fill December, 1 /4.. ^ first people toeirerethe second wife of Major William Port ! Poage, of Augusta County, Vir-vear Uinia. They raised a large family.Entry BlankThomas, a Virginia, wasla wferColin Soulhwest ncl of the_ settle ntwhen the court of Aujtusla was | ii'crrod.' *This' wis in iheorganized* In the nieanlinie, a!! 11775 and is now Harrodsburg, thepersons in the \alley of Virginia oldest settlement in Kentucky.aving suits to prosecute or pleas ( Colonel George Poage, husband i fiftieth Virginia regiment, whenrth enf(0 f'alt;l (o bike the long trip Lf ,\nne Allen Poage, his brother, (be was killed on Blaekwater in through the gaps in the mountains Robcrf PoaR(1 together with Colo- February, 1863.and In bridle paths to Orange. ;nej jobn poage# afterwards Gen- ()ne of Peggy Allen Poaae’siGood For 5000 Votlt;I wish to place in nomination for prize awards in the Berkley Meiire-ain-Moreover as there was no inin- . en)] jobn poage, of Greenup, Ken- daughters married General James istor of the Established Church tucky in the ar 178(} camo tA \. Walker, late Lieutenant GovCampaign.Namein the Valley ’till 174!), all couples living here and wishing to bean,married had to travel across the rs'JBluc Ridge to Orange in search of a minister authorized by law al- !*° perform the service.The Colonialernor of Virginia. Nsncv Allen, fifthchild ofey,os-:i isGovernmentcouraged the settlement oftoKentucky to buy land. They bought all the land lying betweenBear Creek and Russel. Kentucky, [James Alien II, married Charles and Cattlets Creek, running back Lewis; Sarah, wife of George to the River Hills. Thcv divided J Max sc, of Bath County, and James Sthe land into several parcels and I’1’- A!,en married Miss Maynard, en- (east lots for a division, Colonel ()f Michigan.AddressThis blank may be filled out and mailed to Berkley Newspapersdesiring to enter the campaign, or by any friend of a young lady who candidate. Nomination carries with it 5000 votes to give the candidate iThe first nomination only counts for any one candidate.the Georgo Poaae eellinc one tractVilen Trimbell, Governor of
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