The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24
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Pioneer Families OF Mason
County Their Ancestors and
Descendants,

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been wotthilg represented 10 Viz.
ginia ever since the planting Of
the FIRST colony.on the hanks Of the
james. Thecentral figure in the
line was Captain John Smith,
"the Father ii The Colony WIN
however returned a bachelor to
England. The next representa-.
tive Of the name In the annals Of
the "Ancient Dominion is Major
Lawrence Smith, who was designa
ted by the House Of Burgesses in
1874, as the @Chief commander Of a
fort" 10 be built near the falls Of
Rappahannock River. This fort
was built in 1870 and in April Of
the same year, Major Smith togelb
er with Captain William Byrd,
the author ofthe famous Westover
Manuscript and the founder Of
Richmond, received large grants Of
land about thp hCadwaters Of the
Rappahannock and James Rivers.
Years. passed away and the
Smiths, obeying the scriptaral in
Junction. multiplied and replen
ished the Earth. Here in Lower
Virginia about The year 1745 was
born James, the definite ancestor of
the Smiths Of Thirteen. The ten
years preceding The beginning Of
the Revolution hundreds of Vir.
ginia families removed to The Car.
olinas, aud found homes in the hill
country Of the sanlee, and along
the valley Of the Yadkin River.
With them went James Smith,
who, soon after his arrival, was
united 10 marriage with a Miss
Casandfa Tucker Upon the be.
ginning of the Revolution he I'D
hered TO the royal cause, and en-.
listed in u Tory regiment which
was mustered in the Spartans.
burgh District, South Carolina
With it he was at the battle Of
Kings Mountain, after which his
regiment followed the fortunes Of
Corvallis to Yorktown. After
the surrender he returned home,
and contin led his residence in the
Yadkin valley until the year 1883,
when, with his family he passed
over the Blue Ridge and continued
his journey westward until he
reached Cooks fort on Indian
Creek then in Greenbrier, but now
in Monroe county, West Virginia.
Here he took up bis residence i'm
proved a farm upon which he re
manned until after Wayne's treaty
with the Indians, when, with all
his family exceptLwo children that
were married, he journeyed down
the Kanaeha valley, passed down
the Ohio River and settled near
the present site Of Manchester,
where he became one of the first
settlers in what is now Adams
county, Ohio. Here he died about
the year 1910. He had issue:
|, Della, born on the Yadkin
River, March 18th, 1850, married
Isaac Edwards, in Monroe county,
January 18th, 1893, and removed
to what is now Mason county in
1902, where she reared a large fam.
lily, Of which were Arthur Edwards,
Esq, now Of Wood county West
Virginia, aud the aged Mrs. Rebec.
ca Clendenin, of the Flats. She
died at Clifton, March the 9th,
1868, aged IS years.
IL, William, born on the Yadkin
River, in 1882, accompanied his
father to Ohio, where he married a
Miss Tennis and reared u family,
III, Samuel, born on the Yadkin
River in 1885, married Jane, a
daughter of Arthur Edwards, Of
Monroe county, and came with The
Edwards to what is now Mason
county in 1902. He settled in the
Flats, where for several wears he
was engaged in teaching school.
Here he and Henry Van Matre
we're the pioneer teachers, and for
years were the only ones in the
country round about,
He entered the army during The
War Of 1912, enlisting in the cav.
airy company organized at Point
Pleasant aud commanded by Cap.
tain Peter Fl. sleenbergen. The
company at once took up its line Of
march across the mountains to. the
Atlantic seaboard, but il was never
to reach its destination. The
treaty Of peace had already been
signed December oath, 1919, by
the commissioners at Client, thoan.
Cient city of Flanders, and the glad
news had reached our shores, and
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