The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

Some Interest ting pioneer history o.
this section Of the state Is contained
~ q series of letter Of William Hay
mond, grsndfath her Of the late Aipheus
Haymond, d noted West virsfnian.
published in Col, Henry Iiaymond's
History Of Harrison county The fol-
lowing Is the first Of the series and
,eas written TO the late Col. Luther
Raymond. father OF Col. Henry and
Tor many years q prominent tanker
Palatine Hill. Va, 18th Feb'y, 1912.
Mi Luther Raymond,
Sir:Your letter was duly received
come time past asking or requesting
&omethiug in relation TO the educa-
ton, residence trade, &C., OF my
father should have answered soon-
ef only l have been unwell. ~
II rs but little L can say In relation
to his fhc, nothing scarcely of any
consequence, some few anecdotes etc.
Il Is, / think, likely he was raised
ON the eastern shore Of Maryland, but
may he lived before moving to this
=
House, at or near Rockville. He,
suppcse, was educated somewhere
there. He was one Of the best arith-
iaeticians, understood surveying &c.
y believe he had learned the trade
OF wagon making, however he could
make almost anything out Of wood
and iron.
have understood he commanded a
company at the taking possession OF
Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburg. i
& have heard It said when living in
Maryland, he being from home, his
dwelling house was burnt, on his re-
turn my mother was bewailing their
loss ,he In reply said they had q
Kitchen, and appeared; to be content-
ed.
At the above mentioned place near
said court house, suppose was
born in the year 1iI1.
In the year 1913 my father moved
to this country 1t is strongly Inn
messed ON my mind that we stopped
In the forks OF Cheat river, at or near
Rogers fort. We may have staid here
4 year or two. think one OF my
Brothers, a child, died. This can be
Known by reference 10 his family rec
ord. The next recollect our family
were living in the Monongahela
Glades near Decker's Creek. 1t seems
* Very strange that any person should
have settled there at that date. When
the whole country was almost va
cant. L have no recollection OF how
long we lived there, hut j presume
not long AS soon as the war broke
out we had to leave there and the
whole family went to Kearn's fort,
opposite where Morgantown now
stands. My father then had eight
1,eeroes., We planted and tended in
corn the ground where Morgantown
nov stands This was 3 stockaded
Tort.
At one time think there was q
conrpany OF soldiers there. While liy-
ing there ,Coburns fort, about two
n miles this side of Kcarn's fort, was
Burned by the Indians. was at II
when on fire.
W How It happened that was stf-
fered to go cannot tell. Miller ana
Moodfin were Killed on Miller's place,
fEree miles from Kearn's fort While
we we're there. They were brought
{ into the fort on poles, having their
81 deet and hands tied and the pole rum
ming between them. remember This
Il perfectly. When we left the Glades
Ne had two horses, Slider and Prince,
The former brown and the latter Q
black horse. They often ran away
ana went to the. Glades, brother John
and myself would go after them
These two horses ] may hereafter
mention. While living in Kearns
Tort, we had the smallpox in the nat
siral way, all the family except my
iatilet who had had 1t. Two children
think were all that died there WITH
that disease; however my father lost
Six or seven OF his negroes there. II
s WAS said they were poisoned.
While living in said fort we boys
would go on what was called the Hog.
Back near the fort to hunt ramps
We used the bow and arrow and
We're very good at shooting them
Once while in the yard someone shot
y an arrow straight. It fell and struck
the wrist OF either Col. John Evans
or one OF the Wilson's. 1t was hard
to- draw out. This was all the acct
dents recollect happening while Wy
lived in the fort.
VIZ I1lOtGu 1LOll liz AOAN Whot NAAAAS
cannot say, went about two or three
! miles below town on the land of Johr
johnson, sometimes on the land o.
William Joseph While living or
these farms we were often called vi
ii the night and moved on mile OIL
t,yo to some house for safety. One
Ii recollect we went to our house
While there some person came ridin:
by as fast as he could and said HI
saw an Indian Just back. The mel
ran out with their guns but no In
dams. On examining it was fount
that he had seen a dog wood which
some person had cut, and red sub
stance had oozed out of 1t. We Otter
mad such alarms and often the In
e dams killed or took prisoners II
three or four miles or loss of us
;During what was called the hard win
Ten: the snow was very deep. We lives
IN an old house on Johnson's land
1T had two doors. remember W,
would draw large logs in the hous'
with Prince and roll them on tn,
IRE. MY father would go on 10 Wick
wires creek, about sixteen miles from
this place, and hunt in the fall. Thi
hard winter he had number o