The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-17
LOu Hut at Fork of Creeks
only Abode Within Miles
of Warrington in 1913
=urbees Among First Perman-
I ent Settlers il Koon Town
Community.

SStsHas - -
Community.
shIANNINGToN, July 15,-1t is
not easy to believe that Manning
ton. with its present population OF
near1y 5000 people, was not SO very
ago a wilderness, with
I one little log hut set at the FORKS
Hsof Buffalo Creek and Pyles fork.
! THE only habitation within radius
f5Yof many miles. Yet some of the
SOdest residents can remember
81 Rep it was almost that
sThe first settler OF which any
sarecord is found who settled in the
sSregion Immediately surrounding
tie city Of Warrington was Robert
Of Winchester County,
ss a.,Sswho secured tract of 1000
acres by patent signed by Pat
rick Henry, then governor of the
Estate of Virginia, and settled at the
Junction Of Pyles Fork and Buffalo
SCresk. Here he built a log cabin
sand cleared a patch for corn and
obacco.
Rutherford continued to live here
until Septem Der 1899, at which time
Efhe sold his holdings to James Brown
S of Baltimore. Brown never moved
ITO his. property in the west, and
@nR time later was forced to give
deed of trust on it for grocery
Mills and other extravagances. This
same property was again sold in
lis 4O8to4John Hanway, then sheriff
s:Sofs Monongalia County, who in turn
sconveyed the land to other parties
J ohm Koon, George Koon,
James Furbee, father of Senator
James H. Furbee, Wesley Clayton,
81 ames c. Beatty, Joseph Hough.
kbraham Hawkins. Defendants of
amany of these men still own a part
ofAthis property.
Among the first houses built in
was that of Wesley
eGlayton at the corner of Marshall
ssand Buffalo streets in 1913. Later
fSamuel Koon built large house
where Daniel Brothers store is
nov, and moving here from Flaggy
Meadow conducted tavern for
many years.
ss.s Among the first permanent set
sst1ers in Nannn gton were Oliver
IN y,3 Wesley Clayton, James Fur
sSbee, James c.. Beatty. Jerry Beatty,
sssEhomass Cartright, Alpheus
s.Glayton, Ezekiel Snodgrass, Alpine
ms Prichard. Amos n. Prichard,
5;JHseph Hough, Abraham Hawkins.
@&ap6ael Higgin botham, John w
Senator James H. Furbee,
ssGeorge$ L. F'urbee. Newton S. Beatty,
Joseph B. Nay, William Beatty, MIN
ssTod Morgan, Jacob N1ittong, John
Evans Wells. father
ssof8the Hon. Charles E. Wells, J. F.
sGhristy, and B. F. Charlton A large
fsnuInber of the people now living
S;in Warrington trace their lineage
ss5directly to these old pioneer SET
kf5eEs
3lannin gton, formerly known as
Soon Town, was early mercan-
481e center for the surrounding
kgcommunity. but was not incorporat-
Hed@until the year 1856. It has often
heen spoken of as the City of
Ghurches.
long line of mayors have adj
administered the government Of the
II .city ending with the present one.
s. sJ! .$sBarrack who was reelected
this spring for the ensuing term.
sspfs their office: Nimrod Morgan.
Shaw, Thomas Erwin, P.
rs Barrack, B. F. Charlton. ---
w. H. Hall, ]. B. Mari,
I'll I'M " MILAN, j. C. Jones, w. H.
J ohnson,s o. G.. Bradley, w. H. Hess,
Devore, G. II. Ice, and J. F.
B Oh 5t
ybgovernment in force in the city is
a,headed by live. progressive men
S5who have the best interests of the
Community at heart, and it is the
(Ageneral belief Of the people living
[E$lnderS the administration that Man.
|ington is ready to take her right
sSSnl place among the growing cities
fJafsyVest Virginia.
with the support of the Kiwanis
&ub aiding, leading citizens be
NAve that manufacturing interests
Hmay be secured for Warrington
and that it may indeed become an
industrial center next only to Fair
mont in this section OF the state.