This Day in Goodlove History, September 19, 2014
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Jeffery Lee Goodlove email address: Jefferygoodlove@aol.com
Surnames associated with the name Goodlove have been spelled the following different ways; Cutliff, Cutloaf, Cutlofe, Cutloff, Cutlove, Cutlow, Godlib, Godlof, Godlop, Godlove, Goodfriend, Goodlove, Gotleb, Gotlib, Gotlibowicz, Gotlibs, Gotlieb, Gotlob, Gotlobe, Gotloeb, Gotthilf, Gottlieb, Gottliebova, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlow, Gutfrajnd, Gutleben, Gutlove
The Chronology of the Goodlove, Godlove, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlieb (Germany, Russia, Czech etc.), and Allied Families of Battaile, (France), Crawford (Scotland), Harrison (England), Jackson (Ireland), Jefferson, LeClere (France), Lefevre (France), McKinnon (Scotland), Plantagenets (England), Smith (England), Stephenson (England?), Vance (Ireland from Normandy), Washington, Winch (England, traditionally Wales), including correspondence with George Rogers Clark, and including ancestors William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Teddy Roosevelt, U.S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison “The Signer”, Benjamin Harrison, Jimmy Carter, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, William Taft, John Tyler (10th President), James Polk (11th President)Zachary Taylor, and Abraham Lincoln.
The Goodlove Family History Website:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/o/Jeffery-Goodlove/index.html
The Goodlove/Godlove/Gottlieb families and their connection to the Cohenim/Surname project:
• New Address! http://wwwfamilytreedna.com/public/goodlove/default.aspx
• • Books written about our unique DNA include:
• “Abraham’s Children, Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People” by Jon Entine.
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• “ DNA & Tradition, The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews” by Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman, 2004.
Mary L. Berndt Adams (wife of the half 5th cousin 2x removed)
Margaret Godlove Cline
Levi Halliwill (4th cousin 3x removed)
Benjamin Harrison II (2nd cousin 11x removed)
Linda Kagel (5th great grandniece of the wife of the 3rd great granduncle)
James W. Lyons (husband of the 2nd cousin 3x removed)
Sarah A. Mckinnon Plum (1st cousin 4x removed)
John A. Mitchell (4th cousin 4x removed)
Margaret of Scotland (21st great grandaunt)
Charles M. Waits (husband of the 2nd cousin 5x removed)
Jennie H. Winch (grand aunt)
September 20, 1540: Popular support for a Portugese Inquisition surfaced in 1531, when many Christians blamed the New Christians for the recent earthquake. Pope Clement VII authorized the Inquisition and the first auto-da-fe (trial) took place in Lisbon on September 20, 1540.
The right to seize and confiscate the property of the accused led to the arrest of every prominent "New Christian" family. Once arrested, death was only escaped if one admitted to Judaizing and implicated friends and family. Other sentences included public admission of the alleged sins, the obligatory wearing of a special penitential habit and burning at the stake. Urged by greed, eventually even genuine Catholic Christians were martyred.[44] [1]
1536
** Henry VII begins the dissolution of the monasteries. Monastic property is sold, ornaments are stripped out and shrines are banned. [2]** The 10 Articles are published by Thomas Cramner. They are guidelines for the new Church in England. [3]** War resumes between Francis I and Charles V. [4]** The 1535 ‘Laws in Wales Act’ is passed by parliament. [5]
September 20, 1586: The conspirators were sentenced to death for treason and conspiracy against the crown, and were sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. This first group included Babington, Ballard, Chidiock Tichborne, Sir Thomas Salisbury, Robert Barnewell, John Savage and Henry Donn. A further group of seven men, Edward Habington, Charles Tilney, Edward Jones, John Charnock, John Travers, Jerome Bellamy, and Robert Gage, were tried and convicted shortly afterward. Ballard and Babington were executed on September 20 along with the other men who had been tried with them. Such was the horror of their execution that Queen Elizabeth ordered the second group to be allowed to hang until dead before being disemboweled.
Queen Mary herself went to trial at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire and denied her part in the plot, but her correspondence was the evidence; therefore, Mary was sentenced to death. [6]
September 20, 1586: Babington, Ballard, Savage, Barnewell, Tichbourne, Dunn, and Charnock, are executed with the most cruel tortures. On the following day the remaining seven are also put to death.
On the same day Nau and Curie were brought before a commission, composed of Bromley, Burleigh, and Hatton ; and are there obliged to sign extracts from the principal letters last written by Mary. [7]
September 20, 1660: Edward Digges, the second governor under the Commonwealth, administered the affairs of the Colony from March 31, 1655 until March 13, 1658. Digges was followed by Samuel Mathews, of "Denbigh,'
Warwick County. As a result of Governor Mathews' contention that the
Council possessed the authority to dissolve the Assembly, both Governor
and Council were deposed, but reinstated on their agreement to take an
oath of recognition of the popular body. On the death of Mathews in
January 1660, before the expiration of his term of office, the General
Assembly, sensing the trend of affairs in England, recalled in March Sir
William Berkeley to his former office, and, on September 20, King Charles
the Second was proclaimed in his Dominion of Virginia.[8]
September 20, 1673: Charles II opposed the conversion, ordering that James's daughters, Mary and Anne, be raised as Protestants.[38] Nevertheless, he allowed James to marry the Catholic Mary of Modena, a fifteen-year-old Italian princess.[39] James and Mary were married by proxy in a Catholic ceremony on September 20, 1673.[40] [9]
September 20, 1755. On the roll of Capt. Josiah Stone's Co., in Col. Josiah Brown's regiment, going to Crown Point[10], are the following, mostly from this town:
Capt. Josiah Stone.
Lt. Benj. Fasale.
Ens. John Stone.
PRIVATES.
Elisha Kendall.
David Haven.
Daniel Whitney.
Eben'r. Haven.
David Clark.
Samuel Morse.
Benajah Morse.
John Nichols.
Richard Rice.
Peter Jenison.
Nathan Winch, Jr.
John Jenison.
Ephraim Shaddock.
Nath'l Muzzey.
Isaac Gibbs, Jr.
Daniel Rice.
Joseph Stone.
Phinehas Graves.
James Stuart.[11]
In 1755 (Lawrence Harrison) sold Land in Orange Co. and bought 346 acre near Winchester.[12]
The official deeds were not immediately signed and recorded in court because the property was held under right of dower by Darrell's mother, Ann, for her lifetime; only after her death would it revert to Darrell as a surviving son. Thus, although GW owned Darrell's rights to the land, he could not obtain the deeds until Ann died or rented the land to him. GW did not have to await her death, because on September 20, 1759 he signed a lease with her and her present husband, Thomas Smith (d. 1764) of Fairfax County, agreeing thereby to pay them 1,030 pounds of tobacco a year until Ann died (lease of Thomas and Ann Smith to GW, PHi: Gratz Collection; LEDGER A, 111). Having recorded the lease on this day, GW was eager to get and record Darrell's deeds, but he was obliged to wait for the May court session (deeds of Darrell to GW, May 19-20, 1760, Fairfax County Deeds, Book D-1, 681--92, Vi Microfilm).
September 20, 1765: William had two elder brothers, George and Frederick, and was not expected to inherit the Crown. He was baptised in the Great Council Chamber of St James's Palace on September 20, 1765. His godparents were his paternal uncles, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Henry (later Duke of Cumberland), and his paternal aunt, Princess Augusta, then Hereditary Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.[4] [13]
No. 26.—CRAWFORD[14] TO WASHINGTON.
STEWART’S CROSSING, September 20, 1774.
SIR:—It has not been in my power, since your letter came to my hand requesting me to run the land over again at the Round Bottom, to do SO. I am now going to start upon our new expedition, and shall take my instruments with me and comply with your request in each particular as far as in my power. [15]
I have, I believe, as much land lying on the Little Kanawha as will make up the quantity you want, that I intended to lay your grants on; but if you want it, you can have it, and I will try to get other land for that purpose. [16] It lies about fifteen or twenty miles up that river, on the lower side, amid is all ready run out in tracts of about three thousand and some odd acres; others about twenty-five hundred acres; all well marked and bounded. As soon as I return I will send you the draft made out; but I have not time to have it done now. I do not hear anything of Cresap’s claim now, as no person lives upon it or any of your land since the Indians broke out. I spoke to Lord Dunmore in regard to it, and in what manner your property is claimed and how these people took possession of the land. He says it can make no odds, as you have the first claim, and a patent besides; so that I believe it is out of the power of any person to prejudice him against you.
I this day am to set out with the first division for the mouth of Hockhocking, [17] and there to erect a post on your Bottom, where the whole of the troops are to rendezvous. [18] From there they are to proceed to the Shawanese towns, if the Indians do not comply with his Lordship’s terms; which are, to give six hostages for their good behavior. This, I believe, they will do. Lord Dunmore has had a conference with them; but I do not know what is done as yet; but they will meet him at ( ) where I believe we shall settle all matters.
Your other matters here, Mr. Young will inform you how they are settled. Valentine Crawford says some person has been endeavoring to prejudice you against him about your business in his care. As far as I know, or believe, he has done all that he could do for you, and has been at much risk and expense; but you will be better able to judge when you see his return.
Lord Dunmore has orders from home, by the last mail, to take charge of all the New Purchase, and to execute the laws of Virginia, until his Majesty’s pleasure is further known. [19] I am, etc.[20]
At a Court Con’d and held for Augusta County at Fort Dunmore, September 20th, 1775
Christian Perkey, being bound over to this Court on the Compit of Edward Rice for Break’g down his Saw Mill dam, being call’d, app’d and Several Wits were Sworn and Exam’d; on Consideration of which the Court are of Opin that he be Committed to the Goal of this County and there to remain until he enter into Secy in the Sum of £s°, with 2 Secy in the Sum of £25 Each; and thereupon he with Wm. Crawford and Haden Wells his Secys Ack’d themselves, the s’d Perkey in the
Sum of £s°, and the s’d Crawford and Wells in the Sum of £25 Each, to be levied, and in case the s’d Perkey is not of Good behaviour and for a year and a day.[21]
September 20, 1775: At a Court Con'd and held for Augusta County at Fort Dunmore, Sepr. 20th, 1775 :
Present Geo Croghan, Thos. Smallman, Dorsey Penticost,
Dav'd Shepperd, Gentn, Justices.
Drenning vs Bay, James Gray Spbd.
David Steel took the Usual Oaths to his Majesties Person and
Government, Sub the Ab Oath and test, and then took the
Oath of a deputy Sheriff.
A Deed from Mordicai M Mordicai to Joseph Simon was proved
byjno. Anderson, Robt. Campbell, 2 of the Wits, & O C'd.
McQuity vs Gray, Thos Bay, Spbd.
Caldwell vs Brouster ) _ _, _, , ,
James Gray, Spbd.
Sommerall vs Brouster
An Indenturefrom John McMillen to Wm. Parkinson was provd
by Jno Gab'l Jones and Benja Davis, 2 of the Wits, and O R.
Cresap vs Taylor, James Brownlee Spbd.
Morrison vs Ross, Michl Tygert Spbd.
Gillfillan vs Tygert, Jos Ross Spbd.
George Wilson, Gent, being bound over to this Court for
being confederate with aiding advising and abeting certain dis-
orderly persons, who, on the Morning of the 2 2d of June last,
Violently seized and Carried away Maj John Connolly from this
place, and also adviseing others not aid the Officers of Justice
When called upon to apprehend the afores'd disturbers of the
peace, being called and not appearing, It is Ord that he be
prosecuted on his Recog.
Richmond vs Scott, Jno. Boly, Spbd.
Christian Perkey, being bound over to this Court on the
Complt of Edward Rice for Break' g down his Saw Mill dam,
being call'd, app'd and Several Wits were Sworn and Exam'd;
on Consideration of which the Court are of Opin that he be
Committed to the Goal of this County and there to remain
until he enter into Secy in the Sum of ^50, with 2 Secy in the
Sum of ^25 Each ; and thereupon he with Wm. Crawford and
Haden Wells his Secys Ack'd themselves, the s'd Perkey in the
Sum of £$0, and the s'd Crawford and Wells in the Sum of
^25 Each, to be levied, and in case the s'd Perkey is not of
Good behaviour and for a year and a day.
Vallandigham vs Tygart Jos Ross Spbd.
Tidball vs Martin Abm. Vaughan Spbd.
Licence to keep an Ordinary is Granted to Mordicai Moses
Mordicai, he hav'g Comp'd with the Law.
Waford vs Cox Abm. Teagarden and Christopher Swigart
Spbd.
Brumfeild vs Cox Am. Teagarden and Christopher Swigart
Spbd.
Bond vs Mordicai. 2 Suits I^nace Labat Spbd.
The Persons app'd to Veiw a road from the Confluence of
Wheeling to the foot of Laurel Hill at Conrad Walters, made
a rept that they had Veiwed the same and find that there may
be had a good road from the Confluence of Wheeling to the
Confluence of Ten Mile on the Monongahala, and from thence
to the s'd Walters; It is Ord the s'd Road be Established,
and that James McCoy be over from the foot of the Laurel
Hill to Chas. Hickman ; and John Craig from Hickman to
Wm. Teagardens ferry on the Monongohala ; and Ezekiel Ross
from there to John Dickensons, Junr., Reason Virgin from
there to Alexr Douglas ; and John Mitchell from there to the
Mouth of Wheeling; and that the Tithe's in 5 Miles on each
side work thereon.
James Chambers, being bound over to this Court for Common
Barratry and other Misdemeanors by him committed ag'st the
Peace, on hear'g and Several Witnesses sworn the Court are
Opinion that the Complt be dis'd.
Val Crawford is App'd Over of the Road from Sewickley
Cr to Stewarts Crossing, and that the Tith's within 3 Miles on
Each side work thereon.
Lyons vs Duncan. Jas. Hamilton and Chas. Reed Spbd.
Persons App'd to Veiw a road from Fort Pitt to Becketts
fort, made a report ; It is Ord that the s'd Road be Established,
and Andrew Pearce be Over from Beckets fort to Jas. Wilsons ;
Cornelius Thompson from Wilsons to the River Monongohala ;
James Sullivan from there to the head of the Saw Mill run, and
Bashar Frederick from there to Fort Pitt ; and the Tith's within
5 Miles on Each side from Fort Pitt to the Monongahala, and
the Tiths, within 3 Miles on each side from the River to Becketts
fort, work thereon.
Dunlavy vs Russell. Dav'd Scott Spbd.
Cresap vs Elliott
Ord that the Court be Adj'd until to Morrow Morning 10
o'Clock. Geo: Croghan. [22]
No. 30[23].—CRAWFORD TO WASHINGTON.
WILLIAMSBURGH, September 20, 1776.
SIR:—I should have been glad to have the honor of being with you at New York, but I am doubtful we shall be involved in an Indian war to the westward, as the Shawanese and Delawares seem in doubt; and from the last accounts from Fort Pitt had not met our people Doctor Walker and the Commissioners) who were sent to treat with them from this Government.[24] I should have come to New York with those regiments ordered there, but the regiment I belong to is ordered to this place. [25] If a war with the westerly Indians happen, I am to go there. I, this spring, before I came from over the mountain, called at Simpson’s[26]
To see your mill go for the first time of its running; and can assure you I think it the best mill I ever saw anywhere, although I think one of a less value would have done as well. 100_1751
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If you remember, you saw some rocks at the mill-seat. These are as fine mill-stone grit as any in America. The mill-wright told me the stones he got for your mill there were equal to English burr. Your land on Chartier’s creek is well cultivated, ready to your hand; the men on it thinking you have no patent for it, or if you have that you will lease the land on reasonable terms.
At our last Convention,[27] I mentioned the state of lands and the state of time claimants in. general; and, amongst other circumstances, mentioned the expense you had been at in having [made] the first improvements on that land, and then laying a warrant on them, and, notwithstanding, those persons would take it at any rate; upon which an ordinance passed that all equitable claims should take place.
Some, I understand, have since been trying to sell their rights of your land; but I have had an advertisement printed and sent up, forewarning any person to purchase those lands setting forth your title.
I have laid the balance of your warrant on some land on the river, that I think will suit; but I have not got it run out to mind, as there is some dispute, and I believe I shall buy them out if I can reasonably. Excuse the length of this letter. I shall only add that I wish you to enjoy life, health, and overcome all enemies; and I should be happy to see you once more enjoy yourself in pleasure at Mount Vernon. I am, etc.[28]
September 20, 1780: Battle of Wahab's Plantation - [29]
1798
September 20
Jackson commissioned interim Tennessee Superior Court Judge
[30]
September 20, 1800: Martha and Thomas Peter had eight children including:[1][5]
Martha Eliza Angela Peter (January 20, 1796 – September 20, 1800)[5] [31]
September 20, 1817: — "There are several rumors that the Royal famiily of France has not treated Mr. Gallatin and his lady with the respect due their station at court. It is said that the Duchess of Angouleme addressed a few words to Mrs. Gallatin in French, who replied, 'I do not speak French, Princess.' on which the Princess said, 'I do not speak English,' and turned her back on Mrs. Gallatin." Besides Mrs. Gallatin, three others of the .daughters of Commodore Nicholson became the wives of members of Congress: — one, of William Few, a Representative and Senator from Georgia; another, of John Montgomery, a Representative from Maryland, and the other, of Joshua Seney, also a Representative from Maryland, the father of Joshua Seney, Esq., formerly of Uniontown, Pa., afterwards of Tiffin, Ohio. [32]
September 20, 1821: James Jackson and John Coffee concluded agreement for sale of AJ’s Evans Spring farm in Alabama to Richard C. Cross.[33]
September 20, 1830: Margaret Godlove, born September 20, 1830; died October 30, 1905. She married John Cline. [34]
September 20, 1830:
Child of Elizabeth Didawick and Francis Godlove :
Catherine4 Godlove, born September 20, 1830. [35]
September 20, 1832: On September 20, 1832, General Winfield Scott and Governor Reynolds of Illinois, negotiated a treaty with the Sacs and Foxes and Winnebago Indians, by which there was acquired from these tribes 6,000,000 acres of land on the west side of the Mississippi, known as the Blackhawk Purchase. The tract extended from the northern boundary of Missouri to the month of the upper Iowa River, at what is now New Alb ion and had an average width of fifty miles west of the Mississippi river. It did not include the whole of what is now Linn County: but five years later the United States bought 1,250,000 more acres from the Indians immediately west of the first tract. This strip was twenty five miles wide and its western boundary was practically the same as the western boundary of Linn county.
September 20, 1832: Transcribed by Will Graves 3/7/12
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Kentucky County of Hardin: SS
On this 20th day of September (September 20) 1832 personally appeared before the Honorable Paul J Booker, Commonwealth's Circuit Judge, now sitting, John Smoot, a resident of the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky – aged 77 on the 11th day of May (May 11) last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed 7th of June (June 7), 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Daniel Morgan who was then a Captain and served in the Rifle Brigade commanded by Colonel Morgan – under the following officers – General Arnold [Benedict Arnold] was the field officer – Daniel Morgan was advanced to the Colonel and John Humphrey was the Captain after Morgan's advancement –: He served one year and left the service in July 1776 – He lived in the County of Frederick and State of Virginia when he entered the service. He was in no general battle during this enlistment. He marched from Winchester in Virginia to Cambridge in Massachusetts under Captain Morgan – where he (Morgan) was advanced to Major – he stayed at Cambridge from the latter part of July till last of August we then marched under command of General Arnold to Québec and John Humphrey was our Captain – He was taken sick and sent back to Cambridge with many other sick persons – From which place he was marched to Roxbury by order of General Washington, about January 1, 1776 –Where we joined Captain Hugh Stevenson's Company of Rifle men – he continued there until we got possession of Boston – March following – then he was marched to New York City – then to Staten Island to guard that place where he remained till he had served out his tour of one-year when he was discharged.
He states also that [in] 1779 with Captain Ben Roberts, he enlisted in the service of the United States – and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Slaughter and Colonel Clark [George Rogers Clark] in the Virginia line – under the following named officers – Colonel Slaughter and Colonel Clark were the field officers, James Slaughter was Lieutenant and Ben Roberts was the Captain – he enlisted for the term of two years in Culpeper County Virginia and marched out to the Falls of the Ohio (now Louisville Kentucky) – he arrived at said Falls in the month of October 1779 and remained there until the fall of 1780 – Then he hired a man to serve out the remainder of the two years service which was about six months. He was then discharged.
Also in July 1781 he volunteered with Captain Cadwalader Slaughter in Culpeper County Virginia and marched down to York Town where he remained until Cornwallis' surrender [October 19, 1781] – he served 3 months in this tour –
He lost all his discharges by fire – being burnt with his other property –
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[Charles H. Stuteville, a clergyman, and Reuben Newton gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[f p. 14]
To all whom it may concern
This is to Certify that John Cole Senior1 this day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for Barren County in the State of Kentucky and made oath that John Smoot a Citizen of Craven County and State aforesaid did rendezvous at Winchester in the State of Virginia as an enlisted Soldier in Captain Daniel Morgan's Volunteer Company of independent Riflemen in July in the year 1775 – and did march from there to the grand camp at Boston and there served as a soldier until October – and then marched with the said Captain Morgan and his company on the Québec Expedition – and in the next January returned to headquarters; at Cambridge and from there was ordered by General Washington to join Captain Hugh Stevenson's Company of the same kind of Corps at Roxbury – and continued in the discharge of his duty, in the said Stevenson's Company until July when his time of enlistment expired and then was legally discharged at Staten Island and further this deponent sayeth not.
1 FPA S2458
2 George Michael Bedinger W2992
Given under my hand this 19th day of April (April 19)1831.
S/ John Martin, JP BC
[f p. 17]
The Deposition of George M Bedinger2 taken at the office of John Davidson in the town of Carlisle County of Nicholas and State of Kentucky on the 31st day of May (May 31) 1832 at the request of John Smoot for the purpose of enabling him to obtain from the United States a pension for services rendered during the revolutionary war.
This deponent being of lawful age and 1st duly sworn Deposeth and saith. That he himself was a soldier under Captain Hugh Stephenson in his Company of riflemen from the spring or beginning of summer 1775 full one-year and that he has now in his possession a Receipt Book containing about eighty receipts of soldiers belonging to Captain Stephenson's Company among which receipts is one given by himself in his own handwriting as to the signatures and another given by his brother Henry Bedinger whose handwriting he knows and who served in the same company with himself. This deponent further saith that his son Henry Bedinger gave him this book of receipts who said he obtained it from a son of Captain Stephenson this deponent further states that the most of the names in the Book of receipts he well recollects. The Deponent sayeth that he has not seen John Smoot for fifty-six years and that the name is still familiar to him though he has no instant recollection of the features or person of Mr. Smoot though from the great variety of circumstances which he (Smoot) related as having taken place in camp which he the Deponent well recollects and from his name being found signed to a receipt in the book of receipts in his possession that he is the same John Smoot and that he served under Captain Stephens [sic] in the same company with himself. The Receipts of John
Smoot is in the book in his possession and now produced is in the words and figures following viz.
Roxbury Camp January 1st (January 1)1776 Received of Captain Hugh Stephenson six pounds twelve shillings lawful money in full three months pay as a soldier in the Continental service and blanket money.
Test Rec'd pd me John Smoot, X his mark
Saml Finley
The deponent further states that he is of German dissent and used most generally to be called Michael Bedinger while he was John but that his Christian name is George M. Bedinger by which last name he has been most generally known for 50 years past. This Deponent further states that there is a receipt in his said book of receipts which is within presented given by John: in the words and figures following viz.
Roxbury camp January 1st 1776 Received of Captain Hugh Stephenson four pounds five shillings & sixpence in full of all amounts due me for 3 months wages in the Continental Army.
Recd' pr me John Cole
Test
Saml Finley
This Deponent further states that he knew Samuel Finley who was Ensign at that time and that he was a man of Business and that he believes the body of the Receipts in the book and his possession and which are attested by him is the handwriting of said Samuel Finley who was Ensign in Stephenson's Company where he served as a soldier.
And further this Deponent sayeth not
S/ George M. Bedinger
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $80 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 2 years in the Virginia service.][36]
Richard Taylor September 20, 1838 March 24, 1839 1029 942 55
September 20, 1850: The District of Columbia abolishes slave trade.[37]
September 20, 1855: Catherine Ann “Kitty” STEPHENSON. Born on October 12, 1837 in Missouri. Catherine Ann “Kitty” died in Keytsville, Missouri on December 12, 1881; she was 44. Buried on December 15, 1881 in Keytsville, Missouri.
Information on the 7 children of Levi Flowers and Catherine Ann Stephenson was taken from the Capt. Hugh Stephenson Estate Court Records. A copy of these records are in the possession of Mabel Hoover.--REF
On September 20, 1855 when Catherine Ann “Kitty” was 17, she married Dr. Levi FLOWERS, in Carroll County, Missouri.
They had the following children:
i. Mary C. Born on October 12, 1859. Mary C. died in Dean Lake, Chariton County, Missouri on February 1, 1879; she was 19. Buried in Stephenson Cemetery, Dean Lake, Chariton County, Missouri.
ii. Emma.
Emma married HAWKINS.
iii. Joe.
iv. Thomas.
v. Agnes.
vi. Scott.
21 vii. Charles (-<1914) [38] Tues. September 20, 1864 Started at 5 am[39] went to the front through New town Middletown crossed cedar creek Camped near manasas gap (William Harrison Goodlove Civil War Diary)[40] September 20, 1871: On opposite sides of what had been a tall monument. The top fallen off, these inscriptions on the square base: Geo. W. Crawford, born June 4, 1790, died September 20, 1871. [41] GEORGE WASHINGTON CRAWFORD, b. June 04, 1790, Kentucky; d. September 20, 1871, Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio. [42] GEORGE WASHINGTON26 CRAWFORD (JOHN25, COLONEL WILLIAM24, VALENTINE23, WILLIAM22, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE21, HUGH20, HUGH19, CAPTAIN THOMAS18, LAWRENCE17, ROBERT16, MALCOLM15, MALCOLM14, ROGER13, REGINALD12, JOHN, JOHN, REGINALD DE CRAWFORD, HUGH OR JOHN, GALFRIDUS, JOHN, REGINALD5, REGINALD4, DOMINCUS3 CRAWFORD, REGINALD2, ALAN1) was born June 04, 1790 in Kentucky, and died September 20, 1871 in Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio. He married WINIFRED "WINNIE" MORRISON December 06, 1817 in Lewis County, Kentucky. [43] September 20, 1890: According to obituaries for the Younger brothers, Simeon was a pallbearer at the funeral of Bob Younger in Lee’s Summit on September 20, 1890 and Jim Younger’s funeral in Lee’s Summit in 1902. Bob had died in a Minnesota prison of tuberculosis. and Jim had committed suicide in Minnesota after he was paroled from prison. It is apparent that Simeon was close to the Younger family. One source states that Simeon was a pallbearer for Jesse James' re-interment in 1902. I'm hoping to find hard evidence of this fact. In about 1905 Sim and his family left Missouri for the panhandle of Texas, "because Missouri was becoming too crowded." [44] September 20, 1898 – July 1953 Ira Duy Goodlove Birth: September 20, 1898 West Virginia, USA Death: July 1953 Virginia, USA
Son of John M Godlove and Rosa May McKee. Brother of Ina, Anna, Susan & Francis Godlove.
Burial:
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester
Winchester City
Virginia, USA
Plot: Lot: 69, Section S-D, Grave #: 1
Created by: Maryland
Record added: Aug 20, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 95687647
Ira Duy Goodlove
Cemetery Photo
Added by: stars&bars
[45]
September 20, 1940: The first prisoners arrive at the Breendonck camp in Belgium.[46]
September 20, 1943: A Judenrat is set up in Athens under Mosaes Sciaki.
September 20, 1943: The Badoglio government in Italy signs an armistice with the Allies.[47]
September 20, 1944
The United States 22 Airborn Division takes Nijmegan in the Western Front.[48]
September 20, 1963 Richard Case Nagell gets himself arrested by firing two shots
inside the State National Bank of El Paso. Mexican tourist cards for “Hidel” (Oswald) and “Joseph
Kramer” are concealed in his luggage. Nagell is a CIA contract agent and KGB operative.
Nagell will eventually say that he was assigned by the Soviets to prevent the assassination of JFK
by killing Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City. Instead, he pulls himself out of what he believes to
be a web of deceit by having himself arrested.
Ruth Paine arrives in New Orleans. LHO on best behavior; supports idea of Marina
going back to Texas with Ruth. AOT[49]
September 20, 1978: The Shah visited Tabas and was gladly received by survivors of the earthquake. [50]
November 23, 1912-September 20, 1984
Berneita Beulah Kruse Goodlove
Birth:
Nov. 23, 1912
Buchanan County
Iowa, USA
Death:
Sep. 20, 1984
Center Point
Linn County
Iowa, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Covert Lee Goodlove (1910 - 1997)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Center Point Cemetery
Center Point
Linn County
Iowa, USA
Created by: AK Gray
BRecord added: Jul 07, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 93247097
Beulah Kruse Goodlove
Added by: AK Gray
Berneita Beulah Kruse Goodlove
Cemetery Photo
Added by: Hiesela
[51]
September 2002, I was fortunate to make a trip to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, with my mom, Sara Stephenson Varner and my aunt, Mid Stephenson Maize. Several years ago, I had gotten in contact with an elderly lady, Mrs. John Porter Burns, as I was told by the local Jefferson County Museum that they owned the original Stephenson house. I never made it there. This summer, I contacted her again, but was replied by her daughter, Patricia Dicks. Her mother was still living in the home, but she was 87 years old now. Patricia, as did her mother several years ago, graciously invited us to see the home. We made reservations in the Antiquated Hilltop Inn at Harper’s Ferry. It is situated on a cliff overlooking the merge of the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers.
Patricia Dicks, who is a local school teacher in Shepherdstown, came to let us follow her to the farm the next day which is located off of Rt. 340 between Charles Town, WV and Ripon, WV. They showed us around inside and out, describing stories of their childhood, family, and the land.
The original home had been made of a cobblestone, (found all around), as the base of the mansion is still standing, but it is now a brick mansion. It is flanked on each side with a smaller cobblestone buildings, assumed to be a school and a kitchen. These 2 smaller buildings are the original Stephenson buildings, and the base of the mansion also. Richard Stephenson willed this property and houses to his youngest son, Richard Stephenson Jr in 1765. It was later owned by the Dr. John Bull, Beverly Whiting (where the current name of the estate came from, the prior name being Kalorama), Matthew Frame, and the current owners of over a century, the John Burns family.
I am attaching pictures of this beautiful farm, which is dunned a historical site, for preservation, and it is still farmed by the Burns family. They continue to restore the home as close as possible to the original condition.
Happy Holidays
Tawna Lee Varner Brown
More About Richard Stephenson:
Died 2: 176553
Died 3: 1765, Frederick County, Virginia.54
Children of Richard Stephenson and Honoria Grimes Crawford are:
i.+Richard Stephenson, b. 1738, Berkley Co, W.V..[52]
September 2004: Army Regulation 600-25, Salutes, Honors, and Visits of Courtesy, dated September 2004, Glossary, Section 2 states the following: "Taps The traditional “lights out” musical composition played at military funerals and memorials. The official version of “Taps” is played by a single bugle. In accordance with AR 220–90, “Echo or Silver Taps,” which is performed by 2 buglers, is not authorized."
Field Manual 12-50, U.S. Army Bands, dated October 1999, Appendix A, Official And Ceremonial Music, Appendix A, Section 1 – Ceremonial Music, Paragraph A-35 "A-35. Signals that unauthorized lights are to be extinguished. This is the last call of the day. The call is also sounded at the completion of a military funeral ceremony. Taps is to be performed by a single bugler only. Performance of "Silver Taps" or "Echo Taps" is not consistent with Army traditions, and is an improper use of bugler assets.
Scouting
Many Scouting and Guiding groups around the world sing the second verse of "Taps" ("Day is Done..") at the close of a camp or campfire. Scouts in encampment may also have the unit's bugler sound taps once the rest of the unit has turned in, to signify that the day's activities have concluded and that silence is expected in the camp.
•Silver Taps and Echo Taps, local or special versions of the song
•"Last Post", Commonwealth of Nations equivalent
•"La sonnerie aux morts", the French Armed Forces equivalent
•"Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" ("I had a comrade"), the German and Austrian equivalent for military funerals
•"Reveille", the U.S. bugle song sounded at sunrise
•"Il Silenzio" ("Silence"), the Italian equivalent[53]
September 2004: incidents of undetected entry to Buckingham Palace have happened before and since, including several spectacular intrusions by "the boy Jones" in the first years of Queen Victoria's reign and a Fathers 4 Justice protester scaling the walls and unveiling a banner, while dressed as Batman, in September 2004. [54]
September 2005: Three mice infected with Bubonic Plague disappear from a laboratory at the Public Health Research Institute on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. [55]
September 2009
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form
1. Name of Property
Historic name Beverley (boundary amendment)
Other names/site number Bullskin Farm; Stephenson-Whiting-Burns Farm
2. Location
1 Burns Farm Road
Charles Town
West Virginia WV Jefferson 25414
3. State/Federal Agency Certification
________________________________________________________________________________
Signature of certifying official/Title Date
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
State or Federal Agency or Tribal government
In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional comments.)
________________________________________________________________________________
Signature of commenting official/Title Date
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
State or Federal agency or bureau
4. National Park Service Certification
Beverley (boundary amendment) Jefferson County, West Virginia
5. Classification
Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property
6 buildings
1 sites
Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed
In the National Register
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions Current Functions
Agriculture/subsistence/agricultural field Agriculture/subsistence/agricultural field
Agriculture/subsistence/animal facility Agriculture/subsistence/animal facility
Agriculture/subsistence/storage
Agriculture/subsistence/agricultural outbuilding
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
Other/Pennsylvania Standard-type Barn foundation Stone
walls wood
roof metal
other wood
Narrative Description
Beverley (boundary amendment) Jefferson County, West Virginia
8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance
A Property is associated with events that have made Agriculture
a significant contribution to the broad patterns of
our history.
B Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past.
C
Period of Significance
1750 - 1960
Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of
a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses
high artistic values, or represents a significant and
distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield,
information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations Significant Dates
1750
Ca.1875
A owned by a religious institution or used for
religious purposes.
Significant Person
B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above)
C a birthplace or grave. N/A
D a cemetery. Cultural Affiliation
E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. N/A
F a commemorative property.
G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance Architect/Builder
within the past 50 years.
N/A
Narrative Statement of Significance
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography
(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.)
Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data:
preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) State Historic Preservation Office
has been requested Other State agency
previously listed in the National Register Federal agency
previously determined eligible by the National Local government
Register University
designed a National Historic Landmark Other
recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository:
#
recorded by Historic American Engineering
Record #
USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Page 4
Beverley (boundary amendment) Jefferson County, West Virginia
Name of Property County and State
10. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property Approx. 425 acres; Berryville, VA and
Middleway, VA Quads
UTM References
Verbal Boundary Description
(Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.)
Boundary Justification
(Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.)
11. Form Prepared By
Paula S. Reed, Ph.D., architectural historian; Edie Wallace, historian
Paula S. Reed & Associates, Inc. date September 2009
1 W. Franklin St., Suite 300 telephone 301-739-2070
Hagerstown state MD zip code 21740
Additional Documentation
Submit the following items with the completed form:
Continuation Sheets
Maps
A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property’s location.
A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.
Photographs
Representative black and white photographs of the property.
Property Owner
J.P. and Donna Burns, Richard and Denise Burns LLC
1 Burns Farm Road telephone
Charles Town state WV zip code 25414
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet Jefferson County, West Virginia
This is a continuation sheet for a boundary amendment for “Beverley,” previously listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Please refer to that document for full resource descriptions. This boundary amendment expands the previously listed boundaries to those described in the following narrative.
Thus the previously listed resources are incorporated into this larger amended boundary, which includes the agricultural lands historically associated with Beverley.
Description (addendum):
The following continuation sheets add information for a boundary amendment for Beverley to add approximately 425 acres (photos 17-21) which have been associated with this farm/plantation since the 18th century. Also included within the added acreage are buildings and structures that were not within the original nomination’s boundaries, several of which contribute and several which are considered noncontributing because they are not 50 years old.
The added acreage is generally bounded on the west by the Norfolk and Western Railroad (photo 20), on the north and east by Huyett Road (photo 19) and Bullskin Run, and on the east by the old alignment of US Route 340, now designated as Burns Farm Road (photo 18). The southwest boundary follows an old road bed no longer used. The mitten-shaped outline of this boundary increase is nearly identical to that shown in an 1890 plat attached to these continuation sheets. It is also very similar to an 1851 plat, but took on its present shape when the railroad was constructed ca.1875 near the western edge of the property. After the railroad appeared, it became the west-side boundary of the farm. The land has been continuously farmed, and the field demarcations and patterns of land use remain with little change. Wood lot locations shown on
the 1851 map are still in place today. The property has been in the Burns family since 1870.
The approximately 425 acres in this boundary amendment nomination is that which John Burns purchased as the “Beverly Tract” in 1870, less acreage that was taken for the railroad. Over the years the farm expanded to a much larger collection of parcels, but this boundary amendment includes only those lands historically associated with Beverley, and incorporates the previously listed acreage which contains and immediately surrounds the house.
The added agricultural landscape is divided into large fields and woodlots. Corn and soy beans are the major crops and several large fields are devoted to pasture for cattle. Typical of the rich farmland of the Shenandoah Valley, the land is rolling, but not extremely hilly, with occasional limestone outcrops. Major definers of this farmland landscape remain in place: a woodlot near the north end of the farm, the railroad along the western border, Bullskin Run, and the original alignment of the road known today as US Route 340, the Berryville Pike. These landscape features form strong demarcations and they have long associations with the farm’s history, appearance and definition. The farmstead building complex along the west side of Bullskin Run remains in its original location with newer agricultural service buildings added over the past 50 years.
These newer buildings are necessary to maintain the agricultural character of the property, but are considered non-contributing to the historic collection of buildings on the property due to their age. The 1986 National Register nomination includes approximately 4 acres to encompass the house and immediately surrounding grounds and domestic support buildings (photos 1-3). This boundary amendment adds the agricultural buildings and landscape historically associated with Beverley.
1.Acreage (photos 17-21) 1 contributing site
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The most significant resource in the added acreage is the land itself. The approximately 425 acres of this boundary amendment described above, the lands historically associated with Beverley, contribute to the historic character of the farm.
Also added to the National Register property as part of the nominated boundary increase are the agricultural buildings listed as follows:
2. Bank Barn (photos 5-7) 1 contributing building
A Pennsylvania Standard-type frame bank barn with south-facing forebay, dating from approximately 1910. The barn is covered with vertical wood siding and a corrugated metal roof. Distinguishing features include wooden louvered vents with wood trim featuring a low-profile pointed top piece, typical of the late 19th/early 20th century. Various added sheds and attachments extend from the barn.
It is the third barn on the property. The earlier barns burned and were replaced with the successors.
3. Garage (photo 4) 1 contributing building
A cast stone (molded concrete block) garage, ca. 1925. It has wooden sliding doors and a hipped roof covered with standing seam sheet metal.
4-7. Animal Shelters/Loafing Sheds (photo 11) 4 non-contributing buildings
Four concrete block and metal animal shelters/loafing sheds, ca 1960. These are large gable roofed buildings, open on one side, and covered with channel drain sheet metal roofing. Wood columns support the roof plate along the open side.
8-9. Equipment Sheds (photos 9-10) 2 non-contributing buildings
Two metal equipment sheds located north of the barn, ca. 1970s/80s. These buildings have very lowpitched metal gable roofs, vertical rib-seamed metal doors on roller tracks and slanted side walls.
10-11. Silos (photos 5, 7, and 8) 2 non-contributing structures
Two Harvestore brand blue glass-lined silos, ca. 1970, located near the northwest corner of the barn.
12-13. Stave Silos (photos 5-6 and 8) 2 non-contributing structures
Two concrete stave silos, with seamed metal rounded tops, ca. 1960, located near the northwest
corner of the barn.
14-17. Storage Bins (photos 9-10) 4 non-contributing structures
Four round corrugated metal grain storage bins with standing seam conical metal roofs, ca. 1970.
These are placed to the west and north of the barn and adjacent to the two metal equipment sheds.
Resource count (added property only):
1 contributing site (farmland within the historic boundary)
2 contributing buildings (barn and garage)
6 non-contributing buildings (4 loafing sheds, 2 equipment sheds)
8 non-contributing structures (4 silos and 4 grain bins)
Although the majority of the added buildings are non-contributing due to their recent construction, the 425-acre agricultural landscape retains its historic distinctive shape and function, providing the contextual basis and agricultural character of the Beverley Farm.
This is a continuation sheet for a boundary amendment for “Beverley,” previously listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Please refer to that document for full discussion of history and significance.
The Beverley house and domestic outbuildings were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, along with 4 acres, for their significance under Criterion C as outstanding examples of period architecture. In the original nomination the period of significance is listed as 1700-1799 and 1800-1899. Specific dates were listed as ca. 1760 and ca. 1800. The level of significance for the previously listed property is local. This boundary amendment adds the historic farm acreage associated with the Beverley building complex since the 18th century, approximately 425 acres total, and addresses its significance under National Register Criterion A for its continuous role in the long agricultural history of Jefferson County, West Virginia. This history and agricultural significance relates to the property as a whole (including the four acres, house, and dependencies already listed).
Statement of Significance (addendum)
The Beverley, or Bullskin, Farm was established in 1750 on over 800 acres by Richard Stephenson.
Although the farm was divided among his five sons following his death in 1765, two of the parcels, including Stephenson’s home “plantation,” were recombined in 1778, and in 1805 it was Beverley Whiting, after whom the farm was eventually named, who added a 71-acre adjoining parcel bringing the farm to a total of 426 acres. Since that time, the boundary of Beverley remained largely unchanged, with only the ca. 1875 Shenandoah Valley Railroad right-of-way redefining the western boundary line. Beverley was historically, a grain and stock farm. The period of significance for the Beverley boundary amendment runs from 1750, when the farm was initially established by Richard Stephenson, and extends to 1960 to comply with the National Register’s 50-year rule. The property represents agricultural history in Jefferson County, West Virginia over a period of time extending more that two centuries. Agricultural landscape patterns and demarcations on the 425-acre farm have changed little within the period of significance. Additionally, one family has owned the property uninterrupted since 1870, an unusual 140-year association with one family.
Thus, there is no pivotal or essential event or change to mark a specific end to the period of significance. It therefore continues to 50 years from the date of this boundary amendment. Beverley’s level of significance remains local. Its owners have always been prominent in the local agricultural scene producing livestock and grains for commerce. The full acreage historically associated with Beverley provides tangible associations with the farm’s long history as an agricultural enterprise reflecting Jefferson County’s dominance in the Great Valley grain belt agriculture.
Agricultural Historic Context
Fed by the “Great Waggon Road,” leading from Pennsylvania through Maryland and into Virginia, the lower Shenandoah Valley became a melting pot of Quakers, Pennsylvania Germans, and the sons of English plantation owners on the by then-overpopulated eastern lands of Maryland and Virginia. The settlers of German descent brought with them a heritage of grain culture. For those that ventured westward from the tidewater region into the mountain and valley region the change in landscape brought with it a change in agricultural production. While maintaining their tidewater roots by continuing to grow some tobacco, settlers in the Northern Neck region quickly adjusted to more general production and a focus on wheat, rather than tobacco, as the primary cash crop. Such a conversion was probably not as radical as it might
appear. Tidewater plantation owners grew a variety of grain and fruit crops in addition to tobacco. Early land leases, which often required at least 100 apple trees be planted in addition to the construction of houses, tobacco barns, and fencing, reveal the importance attached to the cultivation of apple and other fruit trees.1 Through the 1750s and 1760s, George Washington – with plantations in Fairfax County on the Potomac River and elsewhere, as well as in Frederick County (later Berkeley then Jefferson County) on Bullskin Run – left detailed accounts of his various crops.2 Although throughout the year of 1760 Washington recorded deliveries of “Mountain Tobacco” from his Bullskin plantation, by 1766 and 1768, he claimed “that he raised
no tobacco at all except at his dower plantations on the York River…”3 In 1785, Washington listed among his crops “barley, clover, corn, carrots, cabbage, flax, millet, oats, orchard grass, peas, potatoes, pumpkins, rye, spelt, turnips, timothy, and wheat.”4 Thomas Jefferson, in his “Notes on the State of Virginia” speculated that climate change and soil depletion were the catalysts for the decline of tobacco in Virginia and Maryland.5
Increased demand for wheat in Europe and the West Indies, dramatic fluctuations in tobacco prices, and soil depletion from the demands of the tobacco plant (requiring large tracts of land for continuous rotation) were generally cited for the shift in agricultural production. For farmers in the western settlements, difficulties in transporting the bulky leaf product of the tobacco plant, as well as the influence of Pennsylvania German farmers all played into the development of grain, primarily wheat, as the cash crop of choice. Wheat and corn, and to a lesser extent rye and oats, were processed into flour and meal, or distilled into whiskey. By the last decade of the 18th century, the region was active with grist and flour mills along nearly
1 Fairfax Proprietary Papers, Series D, Box 1, Folder 40, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
2 “The Diaries of George Washington,” Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds, (The Papers of George Washington,
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976), transcription online at: http://memory.loc.gov.
3 Ibid; “Introduction to the Diaries of George Washington,” Jackson and Twohig, http://memory.loc.gov.
4 Ibid.
5 Thomas Jefferson, “Notes on the Sate of Virginia,” Chapter 20,
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JEFFERSON/ch20.html.
By 1809, Jefferson County, Virginia, a much smaller county carved from Berkeley County in 1802, numbered 31 mills along its water ways according to the map drawn by Charles Varlé. Bullskin Run alone showed four mills along its length, including the Haines Mill which
had been in operation at that location since before 1760.6 These industries show the dominance of grain production through the high number of mills and stills and the degree to which the area had developed marketable finished goods. By 1810, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland led the nation in flour production.7
The trend toward more wheat production by 18th century farmers in the Shenandoah Valley was justified by greater profits. The American Revolution drastically reduced the export of Virginia tobacco to its primarily British markets, while at the same time foreign markets for wheat were growing. However the transportation of agricultural products from the lower Shenandoah Valley region to major city markets and the Chesapeake Bay ports was dependent on poorly maintained roads. Wagons could transport only small amounts of produce the long distances, an expensive proposition. Beginning as early as the late 1760s and continuing through the 1820s an attempt to shift that transportation to the Potomac River as a primary artery was in full swing. But it wasn’t until after the Revolutionary War that work making the upper Potomac River navigable
began by the Patowmack Navigation Company headed by George Washington. Active boating of goods down the river began around 1798 and continued into the 1820s.
Although the seasonal variations of the river limited its usefulness as a permanent transportation corridor, farmers in the northwestern counties of Virginia and western Maryland found it a viable option over the rugged “waggon road.” Farmers had only to transport their produce to the river ports of Shepherdstown or Williamsport in Maryland. This advantage continued with the advent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, beginning in 1828, which paralleled the Potomac River on the Maryland side. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, also started in 1828 and which routed through Jefferson County (Virginia), quickly surpassed the canal as the primary transportation route for agricultural products. These transportation developments enhanced the agricultural development of northwestern Virginia and western Maryland. The dominance and profitability of grain production continued in the Shenandoah Valley into the 19th century. Despite difficulties caused by the War of 1812, the mid-Atlantic “bread basket” prospered. Many of the more prosperous large-scale farms supplemented their incomes with livestock breeding. Writing in an 1895 essay on American Live Stock, this author explains: The animals that came with the emigrants from Europe and the British Isles gave America such a mixed aggregation of traits and types as the world has never
6 Abraham Haines will, probated 1760, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760, www.Ancestry.com; original copy available from NJ archives.
7Susan Winter Frye, Mill Settlement Patterns along the Antietam Creek Drainage, Washington County, Maryland, bound thesis, College of William and Mary, 1984, p. 45.
before witnessed. From this rare gathering of blood from every civilized land
came our native cattle, our wild horses, and the common hog and sheep. From
these the pioneers bred, and their sons, in turn, improved by importation and by
selection, aided by a temperate climate, fertile soil, rich herbage, and grasses and
grains such as no other country had ever furnished for the foundation and
development of domestic animals. The mingling of bloods from every nation has
given us a class of domestic animals called native or common stock, which has
been easily impressed by the use of males of definite or fixed type. The result has
been to give to the United States in one century the highest type and greatest
number of high-grade and pure-bred animals of any nation on the earth.8
The prosperity of the first half of the 19th century in the mid-Atlantic region, generated by both grain and livestock production, was reflected in the significant physical improvements on many farms. New dwellings of stone, brick, or log were generally somewhat simplified, vernacular interpretations of major stylistic trends particularly the Federal and later Greek Revival styles. Usually three to five bays in width with stylish influence seen in entrance and window treatments, these dwellings were an expression, through the use of national architectural styles, of the new nation and growing prosperity. In 1861, as the nation divided between North and South, the lush fields of wheat and other grains that dominated the landscape of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia became known as “the Granary of the Confederacy.”9 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which passed through Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan Counties on its way west, was a constant attraction to both Union and Confederate troops. In 1863, West Virginia, a Union state, was formed out of Confederate Virginia, and included the three eastern panhandle
counties with the railroad. The Shenandoah Valley was devastated by Union General Philip Sheridan’s “Valley Campaign” of 1864. In October of that year, Sheridan reported to General Grant, “I have destroyed over 2,000 barns filled with wheat; have driven in front of the army over 4,000 head of stock, and have killed and issued to the troops not less than 3,000 sheep.”10 Less than a year later, the Civil War was over, but difficulty recovering the region’s
grain culture dominance lingered. Throughout the 1860s and into the 1870s the railroads, once the savior of mid-Atlantic farmers, spread across the prime farming regions to the west. Soon these same railroads were bringing grain from the west to the eastern markets and lowering grain prices.
8 Chauncey M. Depew, LL.D., ed., One Hundred Years of American Commerce, Vol. I, (New York: D.O. Haynes & Co.,
1895), p. 220.
9 “The WPA Guide to the Old Dominion,” WPA writer’s project, c.1936, http://xroads.virginia.edu
10 As cited in “History of Jefferson County Agriculture,” www.preservehistory.org/history_of_jefferson_county_agri.htm.
It was this competition that encouraged experimentation with alternative commercial agricultural production. In the west-central counties of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and in the panhandle counties of West Virginia, the combination of the soils, water, and climate were long known to be conducive to orchard growth. Experimentation with commercial orchard production in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties began prior to the Civil War with William S. Miller’s farm near Gerrardstown.11 Apples in particular, but also peaches, pears, plums, cherries, and grapes were planted, their produce shipped by railroad to the burgeoning urban markets. The orchard industry in West Virginia grew in the 20th century along side dairy and other livestock specialty products like beef and poultry. Like all agricultural goods, sales of fruit and animal products were subject to the whims of the market and the interruptions of WWI, the Great Depression, and
WWII. Poultry and beef, and to a lesser extent fruit, remain the dominant agricultural products of West Virginia. After World War II with the advent of the post war booming manufacturing economy and the emerging Cold War, population began to shift once again. This time with the encouragement of the federal government’s new interstate highway system, the defense highways developed in the Eisenhower administration, upwardly mobile and automobile owning city dwellers left the region’s urban environments, particularly Washington D.C. and Baltimore, to create suburban neighborhoods beyond the edges of the cities. Since the late 1940s, suburban development has sprawled outward into and throughout mid-Maryland, northern Virginia, and into the eastern panhandle counties of West Virginia, substantially reducing agriculture and profoundly altering the rural landscape.12
Farm Resource History13
Richard Stephenson began to acquire the land that would eventually make up his Bullskin farm in 1740. In 1750, Stephenson patented two adjoining parcels of land, surveyed by his friend George Washington, for a total of over 800 acres.14 Stephenson’s farming operation was established by the time of the French and Indian War, when he supplied George Washington’s troops, likely with flour and/or beef.15 When he wrote
11 Carl E. Feather, “Apple Royalty, Berkeley County’s Miller Family,” www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/millerfamily.html.
12 Paula S. Reed & Assoc., “Mid Maryland: An Agricultural History and Historic Context.” (Frederick, MD: The Catoctin
Center for Regional Studies, 2003), p. 110.
13 All references to acreage are approximate. Furthermore, only transactions that pertained to the bulk of the real estate
are listed.
14 100 acres purchased from Jost Hite in 1740; 316 acres by Fairfax grant in October 1750; and 408 acres by Fairfax grant
in November 1750 (reference in BC DB 5/49). See also Jackson and Twohig, GW Diaries, Vol. I, p. 276, notes for reference to George Washington’s survey.
15 Jackson and Twohig, GW Diaries, Vol. I, p. 276, notes.
NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018
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his will in 1765, Richard Stephenson divided his 800 acres among his five sons, giving to his youngest son Marquis “the House and Plantation where I now live” with 170 acres.16
About half of Richard Stephenson’s original plantation acreage was recombined in the 1770s by John Bull of Philadelphia. Bull purchased the 170-acre Stephenson home farm from Marquis Stephenson in 1777 and another 185 acres from James Stephenson in 1778.17 By 1795, when John Bull sold the then 355-acre farm to Beverley Whiting for £2,400, the farm was highly valued, likely for its proximity to water and roads as well as for its expanse of relatively level, fertile land.18 By 1805, Beverley Whiting’s Bullskin Farm had grown to 430 acres, with the 1750 Stephenson home farm at its core, establishing the farm boundaries essentially still present today (2010).19
In 1798, 21 adult male slaves labored on Beverley (Beverly) Whiting’s farm or plantation. Tax records (still Berkeley Co. until 1802) at the time indicate that Whiting also owned three slaves under the age of 12 and 19 horses. Like other wealthy plantation owners in the area in the late 18th and early 19th century, Whiting’s farm production relied on wheat as the primary cash crop along with timber and livestock. In particular horses were bred in Berkeley and Jefferson (est. 1802) Counties for racing.20 Whiting reported a peak of 30 horses on his 1804 Jefferson County tax assessment. Available tax records documented only horses for assessment purposes until 1815 when cattle were assessed as well. In 1815, Beverley Whiting (South District) was assessed for 39 head of cattle in addition to 24 horses and 25 adult male slaves. He was additionally assessed for a high-value house at $2,500 and a “private” ice house. Clearly by 1815 Beverley
Whiting had constructed his large brick house, replacing the old Stephenson dwelling.
Following Beverley Whiting’s death in 1817, the farm passed to his sister Elizabeth Whiting.21 On the 1820 census Elizabeth Whiting, who described herself as a “Widow,” was listed with 31 slaves and nine of the household members were occupied in agriculture. Whiting continued to maintain a large stable of horses, with as many as 19 in 1820 and 1821 (again cattle were not assessed). From 1818 until she died in 1849, Elizabeth Whiting was assessed on the Jefferson County Land Tax for 422 acres and buildings valued at $4,000.
16 As cited in Mignon Larche, Pioneers on the Bullskin, (Eureka Springs, AK: Times-Echo Publishing Co., 1960), pp. 39-41.
17 Berkeley Co. Deed Book (DB) 5, p. 49 (1777 M. Stephenson to Bull) and Berkeley Co. DB 5, p. 102 (1778 J.
Stephenson to Bull).
18 Berkeley Co. DB 12, p. 248.
19 In 1805 Whiting purchased a 71 ½-acre parcel from neighbor William Grubb (Jefferson Co. DB 3, p. 181).
20 In 1795 Charles Yates, a Jefferson (then Berkeley) Co. resident (Media Farm, NR) his stallion Federalist to “stand” at
$4 per mare (The Potomak Guardian & Berkeley Advertiser, May 9, 1795, Martinsburg Library microfilm collection).
21 Jefferson Co. Will Book 3, p. 39.
In 1849, following the death of Elizabeth Whiting, the farm was divided between the two remaining heirs, the children of another sister Frances (Whiting) Lowndes, by a Chancery Court decree.22 Frances Lowndes got Lot No. 1 – 253 acres but with no building improvements, while Frances P. (Lowndes) Frame got Lot No. 2 – 200 acres with the house and outbuildings (see attached plat – the dark areas denote woodlots). On the 1860 census Frances P. Frame was apparently already a widow at age 49 and listed herself as a Farmer. Her real estate was valued at $33,000 and her personal property at $18,000, placing her among the wealthy farmers of Jefferson County. Living in her household was 25-year old Elizabeth B. Ranson with her three
small children, but no adult males. Frame also probably maintained a significant number of slaves (separately enumerated on the 1860 census) on her Bullskin Farm. Immediately following Frances P. Frame on the 1860 census list was the tenant household of “Overseer” Oliver Milburn. By 1870 the Bullskin Farm was again recombined when Mrs. Frances P. Frame and Ambrose & Elizabeth Ranson (presumably the remaining heirs of Beverly B. Lowndes – see f.n. 19) sold the tract of 450 ½ acres to John Burns.23 Burns was listed on the 1870 census as a farmer with real estate valued at $67,000. His household included his wife and six children as well as two farm laborers and two domestic servants.
John Burns maintained the large Bullskin Farm, which he renamed “Beverly,” much like its previous Stephenson and Whiting family owners. The farm was still centered on the old Stephenson home farm where the Beverley Whiting brick house was constructed to replace the Stephenson house around 1800.
Although the Civil War and transcontinental railroad had taken their toll on the wheat farms of Virginia (after 1863 part of West Virginia), Burns successfully operated the large farm raising wheat and other grains along with livestock, much as it had been since the 1750s. Burns also continued to maintain the same woodlots shown on the plat of the 1849 division (see attached; see also attached 1896 division plat). The Jefferson County map drawn in 1883 (see attached) showed the John Burns farm called “Beverly” with the Shenandoah Valley Railroad (est. 1872) running along the western boundary.
By 1890 John Burns was deceased and in 1895 his large estate was divided by a Chancery Court among his heirs. Lots No. 1 and 2, totaling 423 acres and called the “Beverly tract,” were given to Marshall Burns and Cora Burns, two of his children, in a joint ownership. The western boundary of the farm was then defined by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SVRR; see attached plat), called the Norfolk & Western Railroad in the text of the division.24 Marshall Burns appeared on the 1900 census, a farmer, but living alone on his farm.
Mason Clipp, a tenant farmer, was listed next on the census and may have been working the Beverly Farm with Burns. There was no listing for Marshall Burns on the 1910 and 1920 census records, although he still
22 Referenced in Jefferson Co. DB 32, p. 182. Beverley Whiting devised the farm to Elizabeth Whiting as a “life estate,”
intended to pass to the children of his other sister Frances Lowndes, Beverley B. Lowndes and Frances P. (Lowndes) Frame.
Beverley B. Lowndes died in 1835 and devised his share to his cousin Frances Lowndes (Jefferson Co. Will Book 8, p.87).
23 Jefferson Co. DB 5, p. 27.
24 Jefferson Co. DB 81, p. 18; Cora Burns sold her interest to Marshall Burns in 1896, Jefferson Co. DB 82, p. 214.
owned the farm. In 1925, the farm appeared on the “Map of Jefferson County” (Shaw and Whitmer) under
the name “Bullskin Stock Farm,” confirming the farm’s continued focus on livestock production.
Marshall Burns was forced to sell the farm by a bankruptcy court in 1936. His six daughters purchased the
“Beverly Home Farm” (433 acres) and it remains in the Burns family ownership today (2010).25 The farm continues to operate as a cattle and grain farm.
Summary
The Beverley Farm is significant in the context of Jefferson County agricultural history in that it represents the historic use of the land as a livestock and grain farm. The farm is unusual in that it has maintained essentially the same agricultural use and boundaries over most of its 260-year history. Following its establishment in 1750 by Richard Stephenson, the farm reached its current approximate boundary configuration by 1805 under the ownership of Beverley Whiting. The boundary of the Beverley (Beverly) or Bullskin Farm has changed very little since that time, as evidenced by the 1851 and 1896 plats and the recent aerial photograph. Much of the woodland indicated on the 1851 plat remains in evidence today (see attached aerial view). The North Bullskin or Meadow Branch has defined much of the northern boundary, the road
(Route 340, formerly the Berryville Road) defined the eastern boundary since the 18th century, and the railroad has defined the western boundary since ca.1875.
25 Jefferson Co. DB 144, p. 333.
Bibliographic References
Berkeley County Land and Estate Records. Microfilm collection, Berkeley Co. Historical Society,
Martinsburg, WV.
Depew, Chauncey M., LL.D., ed. One Hundred Years of American Commerce. Vol. I, New York: D.O.
Haynes & Co., 1895. GoogleBooks.
Fairfax Proprietary Papers. Series D, Box 1, Folder 40, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
Feather, Carl E. “Apple Royalty, Berkeley County’s Miller Family.” www.wvculture.org.
Frye, Susan Winter. Mill Settlement Patterns Along the Antietam Creek Drainage, Washington County,
Maryland. Bound thesis, College of William and Mary, 1984.
“History of Jefferson County Agriculture.” www.preservehistory.org.
Jackson, Donald and Dorothy Twohig, eds, “The Diaries of George Washington,” (The Papers of George
Washington, Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976), http://memory.loc.gov.
Jefferson County Land and Estate Records. Jefferson Co. Courthouse, Charles Town, WV.
Jefferson, Thomas. “Notes on the Sate of Virginia.” http://xroads.virginia.edu.
Larche, Mignon. Pioneers on the Bullskin: The Stephenson Story. Eureka Springs, AK: Times-Echo
Publishing Co., 1960.
Reed, Paula S. & Assoc. “Mid Maryland: An Agricultural History and Historic Context.” Frederick, MD:
The Catoctin Center for Regional Studies, 2003.
“The WPA Guide to the Old Dominion.” WPA writer’s project, c.1936, http://xroads.virginia.edu.
Verbal Boundary Description:
The agricultural landscape surrounds and incorporates the previously listed 4-acre plot with the domestic building complex. The acreage to be added is shown on aerial images and on USGS Quad sheets accompanying this nomination, as well as on historic maps. The lands are generally bounded by the railroad on the west, Huyett Road on the north, Bullskin Run and Burns Farm Road on the east, and an unnamed historic road trace on the south.
Specifically the boundary runs as follows: Beginning at a point on the eastern right-of-way of the Norfolk and Western Railroad along the south edge of Huyett road to a point where Bullskin Run (also referred to as “Meadow Branch”) departs from the road and flows to the southeast; and following the creek to a point where the boundary of the “Beverly Tract” cuts in a straight line to the east (points 1-2 in the 1890 Beverly Tract plat) and continuing to intersect with the line of the old route of Berryville Pike; then turning to the southwest and following the north side of the route of the old Berryville Pike, now known as Burns Farm Road to and around the boundary of a late 20th century house cut out of the property, and continuing along the route of old Berryville pike to a fenceline and old roadbed at the south boundary of the Burns Farm property; then following the property line, fenceline and old roadbed in a northwesterly direction, following
the southwestern boundary of the Beverly Tract to the Norfolk and Western Railroad; then turning to the north and following the eastern right-of-way line for the railroad to the place of beginning, containing approximately 425 acres.
Boundary Justification:
The approximately 425 acres of farmland encompasses the agricultural lands historically associated with Beverley Farm, at least since Beverley Whiting’s 1805 purchase of 71 ½ acres to add to his 1795 purchase of 355 acres, part of the lands originally assembled by Richard Stephenson, which remain at the core of the current property. Except for the creation of the western boundary with the construction of the railroad ca. 1875, the boundaries are drawn from plats and descriptions made in the 18th century, 1805 and 1890.
The reason for this boundary amendment is to include the agricultural lands that were historically associated with Beverley Farm in the National Register Boundary. The added landscape not only provides the historic and appropriate setting for the Beverley domestic buildings, but also has significance as a cohesive whole farmed landscape that has contributed to the agricultural history of Jefferson County since 1750 when Richard Stephenson first began to assemble the farm. The previously National Register-listed main house has been the seat of a large working farm for over 200 years and the historic agricultural landscape that came to be known as Beverley Farm (also “Bullskin Farm”) retains its historic appearance, association with the past, and the feeling of a long term agricultural enterprise. It is an active agricultural landscape that provides the setting and the character of Beverley as these same lands have done for over 200 years. The previously listed property which contains only the domestic buildings on four acres, does not include or address the complete collection of buildings or the landscape that embodies the location, setting, feeling and associations which have been consistently imparted to Beverley through two centuries of agricultural use. While continued agricultural use does not necessarily impart agricultural significance, continued use does promote visual and associative integrity. What also makes Beverley’s agricultural landscape distinctive and significant, is that the boundaries and definers of its integrity remain unchanged over time and provide a clear picture of Jefferson County agriculture at work continuously and productively since the 18th century.[56]
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[8] Cavaliers and Pioneers
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[10] Crown Point. Location of Fort Saint Frédéric. Near the lower end of Lake Champlain (NY). It was a British trading post before it became French Fort Frédéric in 1731. General Braddock’s orders included dislodging the French from Fort Duquesne in 1755, Fort Niagara, and later Fort Frédéric (Crown Point). The off-and-on planning for a British attack on this fort involved Abercromby, Shirley, DeLancy, Loudon, William Johnson, and others and became a study in incompetence and political infighting. The aggressive Jeffery Amherst took the fort in August 1759 during the lead-in to Wolfe’s attack on Quebec. The small French community that had grown-up around Fort Frédéric was expelled. They petitioned in 1760 to reoccupy their property; the petition was rejected.
Crown Point is about sixteen miles north of Fort Ticonderoga.
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[11] Unknown Source, probably the History of Framingham.
[12] A Chronological Listing of Events in the Lives of Andrew Harrison, Sr. of Essex County, Virginia. Andrew Harrison, Jr. of Essex and Orange Counties, A Chronological Listing of Events in the Lives of Andrew Harrison, Sr. of Essex County, Virginia. Andrew Harrison, Jr. of Essex and Orange Counties, URL: moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/harrbios/andrewharrison1018.html
[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom
[14] [Note 1: 1 William Crawford, now a major, belonged to the northern division of Lord Dunmore’s army, which was commanded by Colonel Adam Stephen, and which his Lordship accompanied to the scene of action. The southern division, commanded by General Andrew Lewis, was comprised of the borderers on the west and southwest of the Blue Ridge. The two divisions, each containing about fifteen hundred men, were to march by different routes to the mouth of the Great Kanawha, from which point the united army were to invade the Indian country northwest of the Ohio, and spare neither town nor person.]
[Note 2: 2 When Lord Dunmore arrived at Wheeling he changed his plans, much to the discomfiture of the troops under General Lewis, who had already preceded him to the rendezvous at the mouth of the Great Kanawha, where the battle of Point Pleasant was fought. His Lordship sent Major Crawford with his company and the horses and cattle by land to the mouth of Hockhocking, to which point he, with the remainder of the northern divison, proceeded by water. Here he built a small stockade called Fort Gower, and marched on by land to within eight miles of the Shawnee town Chilicothe, on the Scioto.]
The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
Letters to Washington and Accompanying Papers. Published by the Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Edited by Stanislaus Murray Hamilton.--vol. 05
[15] This time Crawford, who had been commissioned a major by Dunmore, was at the head of five hundred men belonging to the regiment of Colonel Adam Stephen. It was one of the divisions of Lord Dunmore’s Virginia army, and was moving down the Ohio to attack the Shawanese upon the Scioto, if they did not comply with his Lordship’s terms.
[16] The meaning here, though vague, seems to be that Crawford had surveyed on the Little Kanawha, for himself, as much land as Washington wanted to lay some warrants on, which the latter could have.
[17] The Hockhocking enters the Ohio river on the right, in the present State of Ohio, two hundred and three miles by the course of the latter stream below Pittsburgh.
[18] Crawford with one division and Lord Dunmore with another rendezvoused opposite the mouth of theHockhocking upon Washington’s land. The army then crossed the river to the Indian side, and erected a stockade, which was called Fort Gower.
[19] The New Purchase here spoken of was the territory purchased of the Indians at the treaty of Fort Stanwix, in 1768. What Lord Dunmore was to take charge of included all outside the purchase made by the proprietaries of Pennsylvania. The “new government” upon the Ohio proved a myth; although contrary intelligence, such as the following, had been frequently published:
“NEW YORK, July 17, 1773.
“When the last advices came away from England, the establishment of the new province on the Ohio was on the eve of taking place; it is to be called Vandalia, and the only thing then remaining to be done was the proprietors giving security to the government for the payment of the civil establishment, estimated at about three thousand pounds.”
—Rind’s (Va.) Gaz., August 5, 1773.
“We are informed that Lord Dartmouth has nominated George
Mercer, Esq., to be Governor of the new colony on the Ohio, which,
should be called Pittsylvania.”—Dunlap’s (Pa.) Packet, April 18, 1774,
under the head of London news of January 25, 1774.
[20] The Washington-Crawford Letters, C. W. Butterfield
[21] VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, Records of the District of \Vest Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1775-1780 By BOYD CRUMRINE Consolidated Edition With an Index by INEZ WALDENMAIER Baltimore GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING Co., INC. 1981
[22] http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924017918735/cu31924017918735_djvu.txt
[23] This letter has been previously published. See Amer. Arch., Fifth Series, Vol. II., p. 404. It differs somewhat from the original.
[24] At an early period of the Revolution, Congress perceived the importance of securing the friendship, or, at least, the neutrality, of the Western Indians. Commissioners were, therefore, appointed to hold treaty with them at Fort Pitt, consisting of Dr. Thomas Walker (a biographical sketch of whom has previously been given), John Harvey, John Montgomery, and Jasper Yeates. They met at Pittsburgh, in July, 1776, but were unable to get together a sufficient number of the Representatives of different tribes to hold a treaty until the following October. There then assembled of the Six Nations, Delawares (including Monseys), Mohicans, and Shawanese, six hundred and forty-four. British influence at Detroit kept aloof the Ottawas, Wyandots, Chippewas, and Mingoes. The last mentioned had already commenced depredations from their principal village, Pluggy’s-town, at or near what is now Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. The Indians who assembled at the treaty gave the strongest assurance that they would remain neutral in the conflict between the Colonies and the mother country but this neutrality, in the end, when British influence proved too powerful to be resisted, was broken up, and the confederate tribes became the active allies of England.
[25] The regiment commanded by Crawford, at this date, was the Seventh Virginia, Colonel William Dangerfield’s. The latter having resigned his commission, Crawford was promoted from lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Virginia; to fill the vacancy. The regiments ordered to New York were the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Virginia; Crawford remaining at Williamsburgh with the Seventh. He arrived there from Gloucester on the nineteenth of September.
[26] (3)The place here mentioned as “Simpson’s,” is now Perryopolis, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, about three-quarters of a mile from the Youghiogheny river, opposite Layton’s station, on the Pittsburgh and Connellsville railroad. The ground upon which this town stands was the tract of sixteen hundred acres secured to Washington by Crawford, and mentioned in the journal of the former as having been visited by him in 1770. It was afterward purchased of Washington by Louis Seares, who sold tile tract to Thomas Hursey. The latter, in connection with Thomas E. Burns, laid out Perryopolis upon the land; tile first lot being sold in the spring of 1814. The mill here, which Crawford saw “go for the first time of its running,” in time spring of I was thoroughly repaired in the summer of 1859, by George Anderson. The tradition that Washington superintended, in person, the laying of the stone of its cellar, is, of course, without foundation in fact.
[27] “At our last convention; “that is, “At our last Virginia convention,” etc.
[28] The Washington-Crawford Letters, C. W. Butterfield
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[32] THE MONONGAHELA OF OLD.
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(Roster of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Vol. III, 24th Regiment-Infantry.
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[39]In the morning the regiment marched towards Cedar Creek, and in the evening found the enemy strongly entrenched at Fisher’s Hill. The Twenty-forth Iowa actively participated in the movements which followed and which culminated in the battle of Fisher’s Hill, in which, and in the pursuit which followed, the regiment participated, but fortunately-owing to the positions to which its brigade was assigned-it had but one officer and four men wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Wright, in his official report, describes minutely the part taken by his regiment in the battle of Fisher’s Hill, and highly commends the officers and men for their prompt obedience to orders and the gallant manner in which they conducted themselves during the battle and the subsequent pursuit of the enemy. The rebel General Early and his army had again been defeated and compelled to retreat up the Shenandoah valley.
(Roster of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Vol. III, 24th Regiment-Infantry.
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[40] Annotated by Jeffery Lee Goodlove
[41] (Ancestors of Forrest Roger Garnett pge. 454.21)
[42] Crawford Coat of Arms
[43] Crawford Coat of Arms
[44] http://whitsett-wall.com/Whitsett/whitsett_simeon.htm
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[56] September 2009
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form
Name of Property
Historic name Beverley (boundary amendment)
Other names/site number Bullskin Farm; Stephenson-Whiting-Burns Farm
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