Grave of Joist Hite Buried Unknown to This Day
Historians differ on Joist Hite burial site in the Shenandoah Valley with Bartonville versus Opequon Church graveyard cited. The will is dated 1758 and probated 1761, with unmarked or destroyed stones and a long tradition tying him to Bartonville near the Van Meter and Arbuckle property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joist
Hite
Col
John Hite
Robert Arbuckle
van Meter Hacks
Bartonville
Joist Hite
Shenandoah River
Long Meadows
Cartmell
Opequon
Sheridan
Kernstown
Post War Apathy Strains Winchester Industry Revival Efforts
The article recalls how postwar indifference hit Winchester with high costs for boots and machinery transport, citing $150000 in boot payments and $250000 in freight. Mayor Huck urged a public meeting offering tax immunity to entice lawful business and foster manufacturing, aided by a committee to attract immigration and improve railroad links. It notes 1886 factory diversity and 1900 data: 72 plants, 635 workers, $561,640 capital, and $890,493 output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huck
Morton
Winchester
R. T. Barton
Southwest
East Tennessee
Virginia Central
Manassas Gap
R. I. Kurtz
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Sumachi
Humble Beginnings of The Evening Star In A Small Town
The article recalls the early days of The Evening Star with Gray shifting to law, a partnership forming among S. H. Hansbrough Richard E. Byrd and the narrator, and Byrd delivering concise editorial prowess. Advertisers like Horsey Atwell and Eichelberger funded the paper, while the Star aimed to be clean and readable under Richard Evelyn Byrd and later Harry Byrd, earning a place in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Star
S. H. Hansbrough
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Dana, Greely
Watterson
Chas
Emory Smith
Dick” Byrd
Demosthenese
Addison
Horsey & Atwell
Charles Eichelberger
Joseph Story
Salem Register
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Harry
Van Meter Claim as First Settlers of Shenandoah Valley
The article argues Isaac Van Meter, not Joist Hite, was the first white explorer to reach the Shenandoah Valley and secure land grants, tracing his route from Old Salem New York to the forks of the Shenandoah and Opequon, with later land transfers to Hite recorded in 1732. It cites Cartmell's History of Frederick County and notes that Hite arrived around 1732, and that Isaac’s patent predates Hite’s settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. W. Wayland
Charles Town
Brick County
Tiverines
Bartonville
Ret Arbuckle
van Meter
Cartmell
Hite
Shenandoah
Page
Warren
Clarke
Virginia
Jefferson
Berkeley
Morgan
Hampshire
West Virginia
Rockingham County
Hardy County
W. Va
Joist Hite
Germany
Shenandoah Valley
Potowmack
Shepherdstown
Spottsylvania County
Orange County
Spottsylvania
Augusta
Frederick
Orange
Joist
Maria Magadalena Nuschanger
Christian Nuschanger
John
Jacob
Isaac
Abram
Joseph Hite
Mary Bowman
Magdalena Chrisman
Elizabeth Fro‘man
Yost Hite
Yoist Hite
Joss Heite
Jost Heite
Joist Heighte
Joint Hite
Lower Valley
Frederick County
Isaac van Meter
Blue Ridge Mountains
John van Meter
Marbletown
Ulster County
N. Y
New Jersey
Maryland
Valley
Virginia House of Burgesses
Williamsburg
Old Salem
Lord Baltimore
Monocacy Junction
Valley of
Shenando
Stony Lick
Opecken
House of Burgesses
Alexander Spottswood
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
Front Royal
Forks of the Shenando
Forks of the
Opechen
Opequon Creek
Potomac
van Meter Brothers
Valley Turnpikedriving Through Early Virginia Highways
The article recalls the Shenandoah Valley Turnpike as a premier early highway in Virginia and notes motorists from Washington enjoyed trips via Winchester and Staunton to Richmond. It contrasts sand clay country roads with the improved turnpike built within a dozen years, highlighting motorists’ praise and endurance runs along the valley route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mit
Vi Turnpike
Washington
Winchester
Staunton
Valley Turnpike
Richmond
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Classified notices offer rewards and trades in old ad list
A jumble of classified items includes rewards for calfskins and a runaway white servant, trades offered for salt and wheat, a chair for sale, a 14 year old slave as payment, sales of dry goods and services, and requests for apprentices and journeymen for a scythe and hemp and flax factories. Names include Frederick Conrad Nathaniel Burwell Sher rard Alexander E S Deegin Thomas Owram and Company and a Winchester remark about the runaway servant.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arbuckle
Wayland
William Hogue
John White
Hogue Creek
Nathaniel Thomas
Benjamin Borden
David Vallace
Stephen Hansbella
Christian Nisewanger
van Meters
Hell
van Meter Land
Frederick Conrad
Will
Nathaniel Burwell
Miller
New Stone House
Sherrard and
Alexander
Duffield Street
E. S. Deegin
Thomas Owram and Company
Ma Winchester
Mary S. Yeakley
W. Boscawen ST
Virginia Tailoring Company
M. Finklestein
City Shoe
John H. Snyder
Ines
Coats
Paris
Daily
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
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