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1 by John Bennett Family: F20
 
2 Ceremony performed by J. Herbert Smith at the George A. Wright residence. Family: F2
 
3 ELI SMITH
JANE KING
15 January 1845
Kanawha 		Family: F246
 
4 GIFFEY, HUGH ---- BOGGS, MIRIAM 08 MAY 1832 Family: F23
 
5 Name: A. H. UPTON
Spouse: MALINDA HIVELY
Marriage Date: 01 Apr 1872
County: Roane
State: WV 		Family: F63
 
6 Name: HUGH GRIFFITH
Spouse: MATILDA C. SMITH
Marriage Date: 12 May 1895
County: Roane
State: WV 		Family: F3
 
7 Name: N. S. KEEN
Spouse: BLANCHE M. UPTON
Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1876
County: Roane
State: WV 		Family: F21
 
8 Name: PERRY A. GRIFFITH
Spouse: EDITH ROGERS
Marriage Date: 03 Jun 1866
County: Roane
State: WV 		Family: F18
 
9 Name: ALI SMITH
Spouse: SUSANNAH ISAAC
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1859
County: Wayne
State: VA 		Family: F247
 
10 now Pendleton County, WV Family: F120
 
11 Performed by Thomas L. Mass at the Nathan Smith Keen residence. Family: F17
 
12 REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Page 9, Line 5
DATE OF BOND
1779 Mar. 10
NAME OF HUSBAND
Wright, Andrew
widower
NAME OF WIFE
Childriss (Childress), Lucy
PARENTS OR GUARDIAN OF HUSBAND
PARENTS OR GUARDIAN OF WIFE
Childres, Ann
Childres, Benjamin (decd)
SECURITY AND WITNESSES
William Wright jr; Josiah Jopling, Benjamin Cox, 		Family: F62
 
13 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 shows:
BENJAMIN WRIGHT
BINNY BALDWIN
19 December 1803
Amherst 		Family: F27
 
14 Transcription of John Baldwin's consent to the marriage of his daughter Jinny:
This shall be your sufficient warrant to
issue lisence to join my Daughter Jinny
Baldwin and Benjamine Wright together in
holy state of Matrimony. Given under my
hand and Seal this 19th day of Dec 1803
To Wm Crawford Ck }
Amherst Cty } ((Sl))
John Baldwin
Teste
Wm Wright
Andrew Wright 		Jane Baldwin
 
15 "H. H. Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia" notes the first matrimonial alliance formed in the Sherman district was that between George Stump and Nancy Bennett, who were united in marriage in 1834. Nancy Bennett
 
16 He moved with his family to Augusta County VA in 1762 and to Greenbrier County VA (WV) in 1771. In 1774, Charles served nine months in the VA Militia in the Point Pleasant, VA area and he and four brothers were in the battle of Point Pleasant. On March 1, 1776, Charles volunteered as a scout and Indian spy for a 12 month tour with Captain Matthew Arbuckle. He was stationed at Point Pleasant and was discharged there after his tour ended. On May 1, 1777, he volunteered for a second 12 month tour and was under the command of Captain Zera Coombs. He was discharged at the end of this second tour.
They lived first in Greenbrier County and then in that part of Kanawha County VA that eventually became Braxton County WV. On October 4, 1833, Charles appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Nicholas County VA (WV) and gave a declaration in order to obtain a pension as a veteran of the Revolution. He was refused because his claim was drawn by pension speculator W.G. Singleton and service was not proved. (American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions index shows Name: Francis Boggs, State: Virginia, Location: --, Nicholas, Reason: Independent contemporary evidence adverse to his claim.)
Margaret Ann Ball notes that he appears to have at one time owned land on Shit Creek, referenced in Braxton Co. Deeds, Book 1, p. 120, where his heirs sold land to Jones Friend. Margaret is also convinced that the name was Francis Charles, and that he usually went by his middle name, a not uncommon practice among Boggs men. This would match in part census records for Francis Boggs of 1810 in Kanawha, VA and 1820 and 1830 in Nicholas, VA, likely the same place considering county formations, which ultimately became Braxton county. 		Charles Francis Boggs
 
17 "She is buried in an unmarked grave between her husband and her mother in the Methodist Cemetery at Newton." Miriam Boggs
 
18 Not to be confused with Miriam Boggs, daughter of William (this Miriam's brother) and Sarah (Stump Simons) Boggs, who was born Oct 8, 1818, died 1895, and married a William Bennett on Oct 4, 1838.
Also not to be confused with Miriam Mollohan Boggs, wife of Norman Boggs, a son of John (this Miriam's brother) and Nancy "Anna" (Lemasters) Boggs. This third Miriam, a daughter of George Jr. and Mary (Dodrill) Mollohan, was born in VA July 7, 1820 and died May 12, 1900. 		Miriam Boggs
 
19 The following two document, one from Ann Childress and one from Lucy Childress, were filed with the Clerk of Amherst County, Virgina, in relation to Lucy's marriage to Andrew Wright:
Amherst County, I do hereby Certify that my Daughter
Lucey is of Lawfull age & I do hereby give my
Consent, that you may Issue a License to Marry my
said Daughter Lucey to Andrew Wright Given
under my hand & Seal this 9th Day of March
One Thousand and Seven hundred & Seventy Nine
Witness her
Benjamin Cox Ann X Childress
Josiah Jopling mark ((Seal))
To The Clerk of Amherst County
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Amherst County, I do hereby give my Consent
that you may Issue a License to Marry me to
Mr Andrew Wright Given under my hand &
seal this 9th Day of March 1779
Loucy Childress
Witness ((Seal))
Benjamin Cox
Josiah Jopling
To
The Clerk of Amherst County 		Lucy Childress
 
20 In reference to Miriam Boggs burial, Margaret Ball describes Miriam as being in an unmarked grave between her husband and mother. The husband, Hugh is marked, while Miriam and Mary are not. Mary Clendenin
 
21 38 43 42N, 081 17 17W Bryce Wright Griffith
 
22 Bryce W. Griffith, 79, of Parkersburg died December 30, 2002 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital. He was born in Looneyville, WV a son of the late George L. and Bess Wright Griffith.
He graduated from Toccoa Falls Bible College in Toccoa, GA. He also graduated from West Virginia Tech and did graduate work at Marshall University. In 1950 he was ordained by the First Baptist Church in Spencer, WV, then pastored churches for twenty-five years at Reedy, Eastbank, Huntington, and Buckhannon. From 1975 until his retirement in 1986 he served as Minister of Communications for the West Virginia Baptist Convention. He also served as Secretary to the West Virginia Baptist Convention for many years.
He is survived by two sons David W. Griffith of Washington, WV, and Richard A. Griffith of Parkersburg, one brother Brooks D. Griffith of California, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Beverly Petit Griffith, daughter Reverend Saundra Heizer, and two brothers E. Blake and L. Dan Griffith.
Services will be Friday 11:00 AM at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Dr. Kurt Busiek and Rev. David Carpenter officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 PM at Cover Cemetery in Roane County. Visitation will be Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg. 		Bryce Wright Griffith
 
23 38 43 42N, 081 17 17W George Luther Griffith
 
24 1 white male over age 16 Hugh Griffith
 
25 RCHS transcription shows date of 22 Apr 1878
38 40 02N, 081 38 55W 		Hugh Griffith
 
26 1801 - Nov. 9 - Benjamin Harrison, formerly of Harrison County, Ky., now an inhabitant of the Spanish Province of Louisiana, conveyed to James Mullen and Patrick Griffith of' Harrison County, Ky., 250 acres in Harrison County, part of tract granted to Thomas Logwood by the State of Virginia and deeded to Harrison in August 1795 by Thomas Veatch and ----- Foster. Corner to Scott, etc. Consideration ¹50. Acknowledged Nov. 9, 1801 in Harrison County by Benjamin Harrison. (Harrison County, Ky. Deed Bk. 1, p. 658)
From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/harrbios/benjaminHarr3468VA2.htm visited 05-Oct-2004
For reference Thomas Logwood land grant mentioned above:
Grantee: Logwood, Thomas Acres: 14,667 Book: 2 Survey Date: 2-22-1784 County: Fayette WaterCourse: Main Licking
Reference: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1, CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 79
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky Land Grants [database online]. Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, Inc., 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants, Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY: Filson Club Publications, 1925.
(Harrison county was formed in 1794 from Bourbon and Scott counties. Bourbon county was formed in 1785 from Fayette county. Scott county was formed in 1792 from Woodford county, which in turn had been formed from Fayette County in 1788. Kentucky itself separated from Virginia on 1 June 1792.) 		Patrick Griffith
 
27 RCHS transcription shows d. Feb 10, 1909 64y 3m 21d Perry A. Griffith
 
28 Malinda applied for a widow's pension based on the service of Alpheus H. Upton, C 7 WVa Cav and C 8 WVa Inf, application no 582920, certificate no 396002. Date was illegible. Malinda Hiveley
 
29 Buried with husband. Marker, probably placed after 1960, shows 1767-1847. Mary Honaker
 
30 From the Keen Family Genealogy Forum:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/keen/messages/1138.html
Re: James Keen b: 1828 in Russell Co. Virginia
Posted by: Barbara Sharick (ID *****6666) Date: May 26, 2002 at 00:02:32
According to extensive research by Dave Fees, Israel Keen was David Keen's father, Mathias Keen was Israel's father, Erick Keen was Mathias' father, Hans Kyn was Erick's father, Joran Kyn was Hans' father. Joran Kyn (original name: Jurgan Schneeweis) from Saxony (Germany) immigrated to New Sweden Colony in America in 1643 as a soldier employed by the Swedish government. Mathias moved to Harpers Ferry, Israel moved to Greenbrier Co and to Russell Co, David died on the way "west" in Terra Haute, IN. James Madison Keen was raised in Russell Co and then moved to Roane Co.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/keen/messages/1108.html
Posted by: Sondra Elmore Reger (ID *****1411) Date: March 26, 2002 at 09:39:37
David Keen is the son of Israel Keen and Betsy Robinsion Keen. I have more information at home as I am finishing up my father's file on this. ... 		David Keen
 
31 Transcribed from Obituaries 1905-1949 L-Z, Roane County Historical Society, July 2005.
9-27-38
Mary Florence Wright, 57, wife of G. A. Wright of Newton died Sept. 20. She was a daughter of Nathan and Blanche Upton Keen. Surviving are her husband, one son and seven daughters, Smith Wright, Maude and Sharlie of Newton; Mrs. George Griffith, Mrs. Monlie Miller and Gladys Wright of Spencer; Mrs. Mont Surface of Atwater, Ohio; Mrs. Harold Hammack of Akron; Three brothers Robert Keen of Tariff, Charley Keen and I.E. Keen; Three sisters Mrs. G. H. Hunt of Tariff; Mrs. Sam Tawney and Mrs. Lee Heater of Newton.
--- 		Mary Florence Keen
 
32 Possible connection?
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/queries/h_arch96.txt
Madonna Mullen Shutt Fri Nov 15 06:15:21 1996
Query: Looking for information on JOHN MULLEN or his family of Bourbon County or Harrison County, KY. b: PA 1780, married to Rachel _________?. Lived in area of East Fork of Licking River in the early 1800's.(This could have been Bourbon County or Harrison County.) Children born in KY were:
Elizabeth, b: 1806 KY, married Hiram Rader, Rush County, IN 23 Nov.
Mary J. (Polly), b: KY ?, married Burgess Duvall, 1831 Rush Cty., IN
John W., b: KY?, married Rachel Watson, 1835, Butler Cty, OH
James Harvey, b: 1809/10, KY, married Ann Watson, 1835, Butler Cty., OH
Milton D., b: 1815, KY, married Mrs. Rachel Watson Mullen, 1845, Rush Cty, IN
William L, b:1817, KY, married Ruhama Stires, 1829, Rush Cty, IN.
Benjamin D., b: 1826 KY, married Mary Jan Hancock
Interested in any member of the family. Parents and siblings of JOHN MULLEN unknown. JOHN MULLEN and family purchased land in 1824 in Rush County, IN and moved there about 1826. JOHN died in 1850 in Rush County, IN.
Will gladly share data with anyone researching MULLEN family or related families.
--- 		Mary Mullen
 
33 Beverly Petit Griffith

Beverly Petit Griffith, 64, of Parkersburg, died at her home Saturday morning following an extended illness.
She was born in Beckley, a daughter pf the late Richard A. and Rachael Phillips Petit. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, where she was a member and past president of the Emmanuel Baptist Women. She was also a member and former secretary of Church Women United and a member and former secretary of the Women's Temperance Union. She had served on several boards of the American Baptisr Women of West Virginia, as well as the National General Board of the American Baptist Churches. She was a graduate of Marshall University and taught school in Roane County in the 1950's.
She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Bryce W. Griffith; two sons, David W. Griffith of Los Angeles, Calif., and Richard A. Griffith of Parkersburg; one daughter, Rev. Saundra Heizer of Basehor, Kan.; Betty Atkins of Huntington, and Norma Adams of Ocala, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Parkersburg, with Dr. S. Ward Robinson officiation. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Clover Cemetery, Roane County.
Sinnett Funeral Home, Spencer was in charge of arrangements here.
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The Times Record, Spencer, WV 		Beverly Alice Petit
 
34 Charles was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1774 and according to one source, came to America as a stowaway in a hogshead on a freighter, landing on the coast of Virginia about 1796. Some family records indicate that Charles had two sisters, Margaret who married a Mr. Moore and Ellen who married a Mr. Freel. There is no evidence that either sister came to America. But another source states that Charles had three brothers that came to America with him with one of them settling in Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia. The names of their parents are unknown at this time. But according to family history, the family had a linen factory in Londonderry, but Charles, a Protestant, left Ireland to escape Catholic persecution.
Records show Charles living in Ruddle, Randolph County, Virginia, in 1796 and in the same year he was married to Hannah Skidmore in Pendleton County, Virginia (now W.Va.) by a minister named Morton. Hannah was the daughter of John and Mary Magdalene Hinkle Skidmore, this union providing one of the several links between the Rogers, Skidmore and Friend families. Hannah was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1776 and her father John was a Revolutionary War Captain.
Charles apparently was a colorful character: Clayburn Pierson, a contemporary of Charles in his younger days (Pierson's), writes of him and calls him "Uncle Charlie," a God-fearing man and tells that he spoke with a heavy brogue. Charles reportedly was a wandering peddler when he married Hannah.
Charles and Hannah settled on a farm for fourteen years in the Shenandoah Valley and had five children there: John born in 1796, Margaret born in 1799, Levi born in 1803, Noah born in 1806 and Elijah born in 1809. James A. was born in 1820 after the family had moved to Braxton County, Va., (Now W.Va.).
Charles, while living in the Shenandoah Valley apparently was jailed after posting bond for a scoundrel who left town, and was helped from the jail by Hannah; they left for the mouth of Otter in Braxton County on horseback, leaving word that they could be found there.
In 1831, Charles and Hannah migrated to what is now Wallback in Clay County, West Virginia. At the time, the Wallback area was a complete wilderness. Charles built a pioneer house from Buckeye trees and he and Hannah spent the rest of their lives there farming, planting apple orchards and raising mulberries. Both are buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery located at Wallback. Hannah died in 1847 and Charles died in 1849.
-- from The Rogers Family of Clay County by Arthur R. Friend 		Charles Rogers
 
35 Name: Rogers, Charles
Township: Unknown Townships
County: Kanawha
State: Virginia
Year: 1840
Roll: M704_566
Page: 58
Image: 115 		Charles Rogers
 
36 In 1814 andrew enlisted for 6 months service in the 6th regiment, Virginia Militia. Andrew settled on a tract of land 3 miles below Sutton, which according to John D. Sutton he paid for by splitting and building a rail fence around the bottom of what is now the town of Sutton. It is said he was a man of extra ordinary strength and endurance and weighed 180 lbs. The tale is told of how he killed a yearling bear on Wolf Creek and carried it 7 miles home on his shoulders, along with his gun and knapsack, pausing only twice to rest. Andrew is buried in the Beall Cemetery, located between Sutton and Gasaway, Braxton Co., WV., where he is buried with several of his descendants. Andrew Skidmore
 
37 Elenor is the first cousin once removed of her husband Elijah's mother, Hannah Skidmore. Elenor Skidmore
 
38 Daugher Matilda indicated Phillippi as birthplace when giving information for her brother Jonathan's death. Elkanah Smith
 
39 "Henry Smith and his wife Mary are buried on Upper John's Creek at the mouth of Gannon's Branch. The graves are located at the foot of a hill in back of a garden, easily accessible from the road. The graves are now maked with a concrete headstones, placed since the late 1950's, possibly marked by Will M. Smith." Henry Smith
 
40 Judy Wright mentions the files of Mrs. Boyd Wees found at the ARFHS Library in Beverly WV Randolph Co.
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3180800&id=I623281582 		Nicholas Smith
 
41 The 1850 US Census shows a Mary Stump living with a Henry Beall family in District 17, Gilmer, Virginia
Page: 35 Roll: M432_946 		Mary M. Stump
 
42 Don Norman notes a traditional family story states that George Stump, Michael's uncle, and George Washington squirrel hunted together about 1779, with Michael carrying the squirrels. Michael Stump, III
 
43 Image source: Year: 1890; Census Place: Spencer, Roane, West Virginia; Roll: 110; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 150. Alpheus Hillery Upton
 
44 Item Details: Record Id: 799
County: Clay
Unit: Clay Co. Home Grd.
Name: Alpheus H. Upton
...
Mustered In: Oct. 13 -'61 		Alpheus Hillery Upton
 
45 Item Details: Record Id: 974
County: Clay
Unit: 126 Militia
Name: Alpheus Upton
Rank: Private
Company: Capt. Wm. King "A" Co.
Age:
Roll Dated: Feby. 28 -'63
When Enrolled: Apr. 4 1862
Where Enrolled: Clay Co.
Length of Service: 3 years
Mustered In: Apr. 4 -'62
Mustered Out: Clay Co.
Remarks: Took oath as Home Guard, Sept. 28/61 		Alpheus Hillery Upton
 
46 Name: Alpheus H. Upton
Company: C
Unit: 7 West Virginia Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Saddler
Allegiance: Union
Applied for invalid pension Oct ? 1877(? date illegible) application no 242896, certificate no 220453. Application indicates C 8 W Va Inf, C 7 W Va Cav
1890 Verterans Schedule indicates Company C, 8 WVa Inf 		Alpheus Hillery Upton
 
47 At http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vapsmith&id=I0218
Virginia Phillips-Smith notes:
According to "Amherst County, Virginia, in the Revolution" by Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny, Andrew Wright "served in the Revolution 1779, as a Waggoner hauling corn, wheat, flour & other produce to the Barracks; enlisted October, 1780, under Capt. John Christian, with his brother, Joseph Wright, Benj. Childress, Alexander McAlexander, & returned home at Christmas. Enlisted 1781, under Capt. James Pamplin, & was in battle of Jamestown. They were married in Charlottesville by Rev. Clay, of the Church of England, in a room full of British officers taken with Burgoyne; the license was obtained in Amherst."
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This is the transcribed text of Andrew's marriage bond:
Amherst County, Know all Men by these Presents that We
Andrew Wright & William Wright Jun, of the aforesaid County
are held & firmly Bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in
the Sum of Fifty Pounds Virginia Currency, To which payment
well and and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth we
bind ourselves and Each of us our and Each of our Heirs, Executors &
Adm~ors Jointly & Severally firmly by these presents Sealed with
our Seals & Dated this Tenth Day of March 1779
The Condition of the above Obligation is Suchthat Where as there
is a Marriage shortly Intended to be Solemnized between the
above bound Andrew Wright Widower and Lucy Childress Daughter
of Benjamin Childress (Decd) Spinster both of this County If
there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage, Then the
above Obligation to be Void and of no Effect otherwise to Remain
in full force of Virtue.
Signed, Sealed & Deld } Andrew Wright ((Seal))
In presence of } Wm Wright ((Seal))
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Luverne Harstine sources: Pension application W6587, Amherst, Virginia; Will Bk A, p 497, Nelson County, Virginia. Deed dated 5 June 1780, Deed Book E, pp 240-241. 		Andrew Wright
 
48 Name: ANDREW WRIGHT
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 108
Roll Description: VA 		Andrew Wright
 
49 Transcription of Bejamin's Amherst County marriage bond:
Know all men by these presents that we Benj Wright
& Andrew Wright are held & firmly bound unto
John Page Esq the Governor of y Commonwealth
of Virginia for the the time being & to his sucesors
in offic for the use of y Commonwealth in
y Sum of One hundred & fifty Dollars current
money to which Payment well & truly to be
made we bind ourselves our heirs ? firmly by
these Presents Sealed with our Seals & dated this
19th day of December 1803. The Condition of the
above obligation is such that wheras ther is
a marriage intended shortly to be hand & solem-
nized between the above bound Benj Wright &
Jinny Baldwin ???? now if there should be
no legal cause to obstruct the sd marriage
then the above obligatuion to be void or else
to remain in full force & virtue.
Sign & Sealed in } Benj. Wright ((Seal))
presence of } Andw. Wright ((Seal))
Wm Wright
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Luvern Harstine indicates these sources:
Pension Application W6587
Amherst Co, VA Marriages p131
Will Bk A, p497 Nelson Co, VA
Deed book 3 p203
1850 Nelson Co Census
Bill of Sale of property belonging to Benjamin Wright, Nov 1861, Nelson Co., VA 		Benjamin Wright
 
50 38 43 41N, 081 17 17W George Addison Wright
 

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