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Greathouse of Augusta County, VA

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Greathouse of Little Kanawha

Greathouse kith and kin records found along the Little Kanawha River between 1771 and 1776:

1773, Oct 11 - WEST AUGUSTA DISTRICT created by Virginia from AUGUSTA. WEST AUGUSTA DISTRICT overlapped territory claimed by WESTMORELAND, Pennsylvania. (Abernethy, 94)

1774, Apr 30 - Yellow Creek Affair: Baker's Bottom, near present-day Newell, WV

The "Yellow Creek Affair " occurred on 30 April 1774, when the family of a Mingo Indian named Logan plus some other Indians were killed by a group of white men led by Daniel Greathouse. Logan's brother, mother, and sister and other Indians went from their camp at the mouth of Yellow Creek (on the Ohio side of the Ohio River) to Joshua Baker's cabin in Baker's Bottom (on the Virginia side of the river). After hearing the report of gunfire from Joshua Baker's cabin, other Indians crossed the Ohio River; ten Indians were killed.

Article: Letters from Yellow Creek 1774

1776, Nov 8 - MONONGALIA (W.Va.), OHIO (W.Va.) and YOHOGANIA (extinct) created by Virginia from West Augusta District and HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.); MONONGALIA, OHIO and YOHOGANIA overlapped territory claimed by Pennsylvania. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262-274)

Sources:

The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Monongalia, Ohio and Yohogania County Chronology.

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