Major William Haymond William Haymond ( January 4 , 1740 - November 12 , 1821 ) was military officer and surveyor . Haymond served in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War . Prior to the Revolution , he served in George Washington ' s Virginia Regiment . During his military career , he reached the rank of major . After the Revolution , he served as an official surveyor in what is now West Virginia . Early life . William Haymond was born in the colony of Maryland , January 4 , 1740 , to John Haymond and Margaret Calder . John and Margaret were married August 22 , 1723 , at Queen Anne ' s Parish in Maryland . They had at least two other children , Calder and Nicholas William married Cassandra Clelland on April 19 , 1763 . Cassandra was born in Prince George ' s County on October 25 , 1741 , to Thomas and Jane Cleland . Military service . Prior to the Revolutionary War . William Haymond accompanied the army of General Edward Braddock on its march to capture Fort Duquesne , from the French , and which met with a disastrous defeat on the Monongahela River on 9 July 1755 . In 1758 , he was a soldier General Forbes ' expedition against the same position . The expedition was successful , and Fort Duquesne was renamed Fort Pitt after William Pitt the Elder , which later became Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . In February 1759 , Haymond enlisted in the Virginia Regiment , commanded by Col . George Washington , which had been detailed to garrison the country captured from the French . He served along the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers and as far north as " Presque Isle Fort Presque Isle , " now Erie , Pennsylvania , on the Lake Erie . When the regiment was withdrawn from the west , it was marched up the Shenandoah Valley and on to the Holstein River to suppress an outbreak among the Cherokee Indians . When the Cherokees were quieted the regiment returned to the valley and was discharged . Haymond ' s discharge is dated February 24 , 1762 , at Fort Lewis , near Staunton , Virginia . It states that Haymond " duly served three years and behaved as a good soldier and faithful subject . " Revolutionary War . At the commencement of the Revolution he at once warmly advocated the call of the colonies and was appointed a captain of Militia , and was frequently in active service against the hostile Indians . His commission to Major on November 12 , 1781 reads as follows : " To William Haymond , Gent . , Greeting : Know you that from special trust and confidence , which is reposed in your fidelity , courage , activity and good conduct , our ( Virginia ) , with the advice of the Council of Stat , and on the recommendation of the Worshipful County Court of the County of Monongalia , doth appoint you , the said William Haymond , Major of the Militia , of the said County of Monongalia . In testimony whereof , these our letters made patent . Witness , Benjamine Harrison , Esquire , Governor , at Richmond , this 12th day of November , 1781 . Registered in the War Office . BENJAMINE HARRISON " Commanding officer . In 1777 Haymond commanded Prickett ' s Fort with a detachment at Scott ' s Mills . In 1781 he was promoted to Major and performed the duties of an officer of Militia during the whole of the Revolutionary War . The pay - roll of Major Haymond ' s Company ( then Captain ) of Monongahela County Militia in active service during the war of the Revolution in 1777 is as follows : Haymond was making preparations to go east of the mountains and join the regular army at the request of General Washington was when he received news of peace . Civilian career . Upon the formation of Monongalia County in 1776 , he served in various important positions , such as Justice of the Peace , Deputy Surveyor , Coroner , and Sheriff . After the Revolutionary War , he was one of the officials selected to administer the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia to all male inhabitants over the age of sixteen years . This oath required them to renounce and refuse all allegiance to George III , King of Great Britain . He was one of the commissioners appointed for adjusting the claims to unpatented lands in the counties of Monongalia , Yohogania , and Ohio . Upon the creation of Harrison County in 1784 , Major Haymond was appointed the principal surveyor of the new county . He traveled on horseback across the mountains to Williamsburg , where professors of William and Mary ' s college examined him as to his qualification for the position . He passed a successful examination and was a duly commissioned surveyor by the Governor of Virginia . Later life . Haymond was a member of the commission to build two courthouses in Harrison County in 1787 and 1812 , and as a surveyor assisted in marking out a state road from the Valley River to the Ohio , near Marietta and was always prominent in public affairs . Major Haymond held the position of principal surveyor for thirty - seven years . His wife , Cassandra , died in Harrison County on December 23 , 1788 . William Haymond died at his home on November 12 , 1821 and was buried in the Haymond graveyard , in sight of his former residence at Quiet Dell , WV . See also . Prickett ' s Fort State Park Virginia Regiment