The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-04

with IRE mtllchl uuNlGt loI MY uI.tsleS
CaidwelI's run on his 400 acres in 1913
william BoFgs settled on 800 acres lying
between Caldwell's run and Boggs' run
Joseph Tomllnson settled on 800 acres
about the same time ut MoundsVllle,
called then Ellzabethtown.
Washington Visited Wheeling.
on october %. 100. Col. Georsc wash
ing,on cncamped ut Cross creek. in
Brooke county, and the next day stopped
over at Wheeling: also on his return
| from an examination OF lands in West
Virginia
The white population west of the Al
legheny mountains In lITl was esu-
| mated nt 5,00O.
The treaty made by Col Bouquet with
! the Indians. on the Muskngum In l1Gi
had been so well kept BY all parties
! that II permitted the peaceablc and
quick settlement OF West Virginia. II
was then broken by certain brutal muir
ders OF prominent Indian chiefs on the
| south branch OF the Potomac, and by
others IN Brhxton county. and the cold
Olooded murder OF the friendly Chief
Logan's family AZ MinEo near Steuben-
willie. Ohio.) by Col. Mitchell Cresap,
These murders made an Indian war In
| cyitable, and the storm broke with in
tense fury along the frontiers OF Nlr-
ginta aud Pennsylvania Virginia sent
| Col. Angus Mcdonald, with n regiment
] OF VlrEinians. 20 Wheeling, where he
built Fort FincRstle. afterwards Fort
Henry. He then made an incurslon into
Ohio,
Governor Duumorc formed two divls-
Ions, called the northern and southern
s,ffyttry nf1FrY F,lVgFgs
wing went to Wheeling. The southern
wing. under command NJ Gen, Andrew
Lewis. proceeded TO Point Pleasant.
where On Monday. tho 10th day OF Oc-
| tobcr, i174. they had n terrific battle
with Cornstalt. IN which they were sue
crsstul but at n terrible loss OF life on
| both sides. In the meantime Dunmore
| arrived at Wheeling on the 30th OF Sep
TENDER, and Immediately sailed down
the Ohio river 10 the mouth OF the Hook
ing river. building there Fort Cover.
and Immediately made a treaty with
the Indians who had been 80 badly
whipped by General Lewis
on November !. 1898. the general as
| scmbly OF the colony OF Virginia estab-
llshed the counties OF Augusta and
Frederick; In 1854 the county OF Hamp-
shire. and In i772 the county OF Berke-
| ley. all west OF the Blue Ridge.
beginning OF Great States.
Augusta county was TO extend
"northerly. westerly md southerly be-
,ond the Allegheny mountains. to the
utmost limits OF Virginia" out OF this
vast territory have since been carved
| the great states OF Kentucky, West
Virginia. Ohio. Indiana llliE0is and
Michigan. Virginia also claimed al
most the whole Of Western Pennsylya-
| mia to Lake Erie This claim was dis
puicd by Pennsylvania. and was the
cause Of great trouble, annoyance aud
even blOOdshcd between the citizens Of
| the two states until they agreed to
| have a line surveyed: which was done
| by Mason and Dixon from 1853 - 1867,
| Csince known as the Mason and Dixon
| line). and was finally settled In 1874, But
oil state and even personal troubles
were laid aside during the long seven
| vears struggle on the pare Of the colo
| MES to gain their Independence. The
treaty OF peace between France and
| England made n FOntainblru, II 1853,
| had hardly been contaminated. before
England began u series OF alu0yanCrs
against the colonies, such as the stamp
| act passed In February and signed by
| King George. in March, 1864 but re-
| pealed In 1855: and the treatment OF the
' lIklWAtNlA AIAAfA AhFHANA AZ AH'hN - ~
Governor DuumOrp, after the battle or
| Point Pleasant These and other petty
aHnoyanccs become 90 constant that
| they became 4 fostering sore. growing
In intensity and bitterness, until Il re-
suited in the famous Declaration Of
| Independence on the Fourth OF July,
1876 by the colonies.
Immediately after that declaration In
| lTI6. the first assembly OF the newly
declared commonwealth OF Virginia,
met In the old state house At Williams
burgh. In October. 1875. they passed an
| act dividing the district OF West Au-
Eusta into three distinct counties--MO-
mongolia. Ohio and Youqhiogheny,
The anal acceptance OF the Mason
and Dixon line IN 1884, as the true DE-
v!dlng line between Pennsylvania and
virginia, threw almost the whole OF
YoughioFheny county into Pennsylva-
mia. and the balance into Ohio county.
The boundaries OF Ohio county were as
follows:
Beginning at the mouth Of Cross
Creek I'm Brooke county,, thence W
the same 10 the head thereof; thence
enthusiastically TO the nearest part OF
the ridge which divides the waters OF
the Ohio from those OF the MononSahe
la thence along said ridge 20 the Nne
which divides the county OF Augusta
from the said district: thence with the
! said boundary to the Ohio: thence up
the same 70 the beginning,
Thus was ushcred into existence, amid
the storm OF war. Ohio county one OF
the two Oldest counties Of northwest
! crn Virginia.
Ohio county has the proud distinction
OF being one among the FIRST counties
created under a Republican form or
government IN the new world, and one
whose age Is equal 20 that OF the re-
The nrst court for the county OF Ohio,
was convened January lG, III at
Blacks cabin. on the waters OF Short
Greek. about where West Liberty now
stands. The justices were Silas
Hedges. william Scott, David Shepard.
Zacharlna Sprlgg, Thomas Wallen, and
David Mccain David Shepard was
county lieutenant, Silas Hedges colonel,
and David Mcclure major OF militia,
Philip Penaleton and George Brent
were the first attorneys, Patrick Henry
was the FIRST governor OF Virginia.
West Liberty was The first town es-
tablished by legislative enactment. No
vember %. 1857, IN West Virginia, Its
trustees were. Moses Chapllnc, Inch1r-
iah spriGg. George McCulloch, Charles
wills, Van Swearingen. James Mitchell
ana Benjamin Biggs.
Wheeling was settled by Ebenczcr
Zane IN l77i, and laid out IN lots in
1888, established az town by net Of
assembly. December ~, 1895. with John
Mcintyre. Andrew Woods, Archibald
wooda. Henry Smith, James Nelson,
Nbsalom Martin. and william Waddle,
az trustees 7 wnE Incorporated Janu-
arg 10. 1906 II became the county seat
IN 1907. the first court was held at the