A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia

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Location: Pendleton County, West Virginia

Contents 1 A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia 1.1 Available online at these locations: 1.2 Table of Contents 1.3 Errata 1.4 WikiTree Syntax

A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia

• by Oren Frederic Morton, 1857-1926
• published by the author, Franklin, West Virginia, 1910

• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Available online at these locations:

• https://archive.org/details/historyofpendlet00mort/page/n8

Table of Contents

PART I

Physical Geography of Pendleton

II - Before the White Man Came

III - America and Virginia in 1748

IV - Period of Discovery and Exploration

V - The Beginning of Settlement

VI - Period of Indian War

VII - A Time of Peace

VIII - Pendleton Under Rockingham

IX - Early Laws, Customs, and Usages

X - Formation of Pendleton

XI - Early Middle Period— 1788-1818

XII - Later Middle Period— 1818-1861

XIII - Slavery in Pendleton

XIV - Period of Interstate War

XV - Recent Period

XVI - Church, School, and Professional History

XVII - The Town of Franklin

XVIII - The Pendleton of To-Day

XIX - A Forward Look

PART II

I - The Nature of Family-Group Histories

II - Illustrative Family-Group Sketch

III - Given Names and Surnames

IV - Index to Names of Pioneers and Sub-Pioneers

V - Origin, Arrival, and Location of the Pioneers

VI - Sketch-Histories of Existing Families

VII - Certain Extinct Families

VIII - Other Extinct Families

IX - Recent Families

X - Highland Families

PART III

Section I—Historical Edmund Pendleton

List of Pioneers of the Indian Period

Naturalizations of Pioneers

Form of Colonial Land Patent

An Apprenticeship Indenture

An Emancipation Paper and Other Forms

Washington's Visit to Pendleton

The Lincolns of Rockingham

Pendleton Journalism

The Masonic Order in Franklin

Law, Order, and Charities

Franklin in 1844

The County Buildings

A School of 1830

The Bennetts of Other West Virginia Counties

Section II— Statistical Population of Pendleton in Each Census Year

Post offices

Slaveholders in 1860

Prices for Entertainment at Ordinaries

Levies, Taxes, Salaries, and Fines

Bounties on Predatory Animals

Prices of Store Goods in 1820

Church Buildings and Ministers

County Officials before 1865

County Officials Under West Virginia

The School Districts of 1846

Educational Statistics

Abstracts from Census Reports

Pendleton Legislators

Pendleton Men in the Professions

County Finances

Surveys and Patents Prior to 1788

Some Conveyances of Land Prior to 1788

List of the Tithables in 1790

Section III— Military Supplies for Military Use, 1775

Supplies for Military Use, 1782

A Pension Declaration of 1820

Citizens Exempt From Military Service in 1794

Militia Districts, Companies, and Officers

Muster Roll of Pendleton Militia in 1794

Pendleton Soldiers of the French and Indian War— 1754-60

Pendletonians in Military Service between 1775 and 1861

Pendletonians in the War of 1861 — Federal and State Service

Some Accounts of the Regiments of the Confederate Service Containing Pendleton Men

The Battle of New Market

Roster of Pendleton Men in the Confederate Service

APPENDIX

Brief Sketch of the Author of the Book.

Sidelights on Historical Subjects

1. The Meaning of History.

2. America an Old World.

3. The Men Who Settled the Thirteen Colonies.

4. Appalachian America and the American Highlander.

5. A Landmark Year — 1848.

6. American Slavery.

7. The Disruption of Virginia.

8. The Mission of America.

9. American Tendencies.

10. An Interpretation in the War of 1861

List of Suggestive Questions on Pendleton History

Corrections

Illustrations

Errata

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WikiTree Syntax

• ''[[Space: A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia| A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia]]'' (Morton, Franklin, West Virginia, 1910), [ Page ].

• <ref>[[#Morton|Morton]]: Page 21</ref>