Pendleton County History, Settlers and
Naturalizations
Edmund
Pendleton, in whose honor this county was named, was born on a
plantation in Caroline County, Virginia, Sept. 6, 1721. He was
himself a planter, but attained great eminence in his profession
of the law. He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1752
until the breaking out of the Revolution in 1775. As a member of
the Virginia committee to protest against the Stamp Act, he took
a strong yet conservative ground.
After the flight of Lord Dunmore, the
royal governor, he was President of the Committee on Public
Safety. As such he was virtually at the head of the state
government from August 17, 1775, until July 5, 1776. He was then
succeeded by Patrick Henry, the first governor under American
independence. In the same year he presided over the convention
which framed the first state constitution, and he drew the
declaration of Virginia in favor of American independence. In
connection with Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe, he revised
the laws of the state in order to harmonize them with the
altered condition of affairs. As President of the Court of
Chancery, he was at the head of the state judiciary from 1779
until 1795. He was also president of the Virginia convention
that ratified the Federal Constitution. He died Oct. 23, 1803,
aged 82 years. "Taken all in all," says Jefferson, "he was the
ablest man in debate I ever met."
Settlers before 1760
The following
pioneers arrived before or during the period of the Indian war.
The time of arrival is also given. A date with a * means the
person was living here in the year named, the precise year of
arrival not being known.
Alkire, Henry, 1752*
Bogard, Anthony, ?
Bright, Samuel, 1754
Burner, Abraham, about 1745
Burnett, William, 1759
Conrad, Ulrich, 1753
Cunningham, James, 1753
Cunningham, John, 1753
Cunningham, William, 1753
Davis, John, 1753
Dice, Mathias, 1757
Dunkle. John, 1753
Dyer, Roger, 1747
Dyer, William, 1747
Eckard, Michael, 1754
Evick, Christian, 1756*
Freeze, Michael, 1753
Goodman, Jacob, 1753
Gragg, William, 1757*
Harper, Hans, 1756
Harper, Philip, 1758*
Harper, Adam, 1758*
Hawes, Peter, 1750
Hevener, William, 1756*
Keister, Frederick, 1757* |
Mallow, Michael, 1753
Miller, Mark, 1757*
Moser, Peter, 1753
Moser, Andrew, 1750
Osborn, Jeremiah, 1752*
Patton, Matthew, 1747
Patton, John, Jr., 1747
Peterson, Jacob*, 1758*
Propst. Michael, 1753
Reed, Peter, 1752*
Ruleman, Jacob, 1756*
Scott, Benjamin, 1753
Seybert, Jacob, 1753
Simmons, Michael, 1753
Simmons, Leonard, 1753?
Skidmore, Joseph, 1754
Smith, John, 1747
Stephenson, William, 1747
Swadley, Mark, 1756*
Vaneman, Peter, 1754
Westfall, Abraham, 1752*
Westfall, John, 1752
Wilson, Charles, 1756.*
Zorn, Jacob, 1756* |
Naturalizations of Pendleton
Pioneers before the Revolution
The records of Augusta state that the
individuals named below "produced a certificate of their having
received the sacrament, and took the usual oaths to his
majesty's person and government, subscribed the abjuration oath
and test, which is ordered to be certified in order to their
obtaining warrants of naturalization." Since the name of Henry
Peninger occurs twice, his naturalization does not seem to have
been perfected in 1762.
1762
Ulrich Conrad
John Dunkle
George Hammer
Nicholas Hevener
Sebastian Hoover
Frederick Keister
Gabriel Kile |
Michael Mallow
Henry Peninger
Henry Pickle
Michael Propst
Henry Stone
Mark Swadley
Lewis Wagoner |
1763
Neorge Coplinger
Leonard Simmons |
Gicholas Simmons |
1764
| Valentine Kile |
Jacob Peterson |
1765
1773
1774
Jacob Eberman
Philip Harper |
Henry Peninger |
Pendleton County
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Virginia AHGP
Source: History of Pendleton County West Virginia, By Oren F.
Morton, Franklin, West Virginia, Published by the author, 1910.
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