Mary (Cox) Shaffer (1811 - abt. 1864)

Born 1811 in Lewis, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Shaffer — married 27 Nov 1828 in Kanawha,, Virginia, USA

Descendants

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Have we found the grave of John Shafer and Mary Cox Shafer ? By Richard Shaffer 2016 It has always been said in the Shafer family that John and Mary died on the same day Dec.2 1 1865 of a disease and was buried in the same grave but no one knows where. We know that they settled with Johns father Jacob on part of the Bruen land track about 1830 and was living next door to their cousins Paul and Catherine Riffle Shafer ,their son John and wife Mary Parsons who had settled there about 1820. The Bruen land tract was land that was given to Mathias Bruen in the time of George Washington and consisted of most of modern day Kanawha, Roane. Jackson and Putman counties. This land had been surveyed some say by George Washington himself. This survey is still used by surveyor today as reference for new surveys .It was known Kanawha VA.

I have found evidence that they lived on the Elk Fork of Mill Creek which would put them close to modern day Gay Jackson co Wv. But I am quite sure that “like most other families there’ they did not have titles to their land. The Bruen’s sent land agents into the area to run the settlers off of their land about 1864-- 1865. This was the cause “along with the civil war sentiment” of the” Roane County wars.” I think John and Mary (Jacob had died about 1854) were run off of their land, BUT WHERE DID THEY GO?.

I met a cousin of mine James W. Shafer a while back and we talked about this . James said another cousin of ours Leonard Shafer had done research on this and had some knowledge on this subject. According to Leonard, John and Mary had joined a wagon train headed west ( probably Kentucky as some of the clan had lived in Kentucky previously)The route would have taken them down the Poca River then up Leatherwood creek then down Aarons Fork to the Elk river then on to Kentucky. According to Leonard John and Mary and others took sick on this trip and both died on the same day while traveling down Aarons Fork and were buried along with a baby in the same grave in what is now the Baxter Cemetery. Leonard took James to the cemetery and showed him the grave that was marked with a field stone I am well aware of this cemetery as my mother and step father are buried here and I have been there lots of times and James described it perfectly to me.

Are our ancestors buried here  ? Don’t know but the best story I have heard.

Biography

Marriage

1828 Nov 27, Kanawha County, Virginia, by Barnabas Cook. ^[1]

Husband : John Shaver

Wife : Mary Cox

Children :	David Lee
	Jacob
	John Wesley
	Andrew Jackson
	Perry G [2]
	Anna
	Hezekiah [3]
	Sarah
	James

Residence

1850,	Kanawha County, Virginia.	[4]
1860,	Spencer PO, Roane County, Virginia.	[5]

Sources

1. ↑ WV Archives: Marriage Record, p 22.

   1828 Nov 27, Kanawha, by Barnabas Cook. Husband: John Shaver. Wife: Mary Cox.

2. ↑ WV Archives: Register of Marriages, p 11, ln 45.

   Husband: Perry G Shaver, single, born 1845 in Kanawha, farmer in Roane, parents John & Mary.

3. ↑ WV Archives: Certificate of Death 1266.

   Hezekiah Shafer, male, white, single. Parents: John Shafer & (blank) Cox.

4. ↑ US Federal Census: 1850 Population Schedule, Virginia, Kanawha, home 1294, family 1313.

   Shaver; John (farmer) 1804, Poley 1811, Wisley 1837, Jackson 1841, Perry 1845, Hesikiah 1846, Ama 1844, Jacob 1785.

   Resides near Shaver; David (labor) 1830 & Omy 1829 (home 1288), and Jacob (labor)1834 & Jane 1834 (home 1292).

5. ↑ US Federal Census: 1860 Population Schedule, Virginia, Roane, home 873, family 873, p 130.

   Shaver; John (farmer) 1803 MO, Mary 1812, Ann 1843, Perry 1845, Hezakiah 1848, Sarah 1850, James 1854.

   Resides near Shaver; Andrew J (farmer) 1840 & Elizabeth 1842 (home 874), David (farmer) 1829 & Omie 1828 (home 875), and Jacob 1832 (family 882).

Acknowledgements

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