Greathouse of Augusta County, VA

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Greathouse kith and kin who settled or camped in Augusta County, VA between 1771 and 1776, have been documented in the following areas of the county:

1) Greathouse of Ice's Ford

2) Greathouse Along Ohio River - This collection will cover Greathouse kith and kin who settled or camped:

• along Cross and Harmon Creek, near present-day Weirton, WV;
• along Grave Creek, near present day Moundsville, WV;
• along the Little Kanawha River, near present-day Parkersburg, WV;
• along the Great Kanawha River, near present-day Point Pleasant, WV, which was referred to as, "the camp of Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Great Kanawha", in a letter dated 17 Oct 1774, which was published in Williamsburgh, VA on 10 Nov 1774;
• And along the Big SandyRiver, near present-day Kenova, WV.

Greathouse kith and kin records found in the county:

1) Greathouse of Ice's Ford

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

Map: Pennsylvania/Virginia Map 1773 - 1776, showing land which was in dispute between the two states.

1776, Nov 8 - District of West Augusta was abolished by Virginia upon the creation of MONONGALIA (W.Va.), OHIO (W.Va.) and YOHOGANIA (W.Va.) 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:

James Boswell, The Scots magazine, Volume 37, Edinburgh, Scotland: Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, January 1775. Original from the New York Public Library, Digitized Nov 27, 2007. Page 49 - 50, 1774, Oct 17 - Letter from Camp of Point Pleasant to Williamsburgh, VA: Account of the Battle of Great Kanawha [Point Pleasant], 10 Oct 1774. View @ Google Books

The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Augusta County Chronology, VA.

West Virginia State Historical Highway Marker Program, Marking Our Past, West Virginia's Historical Highway Markers, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2002. Page 106, Ice's Ferry, Monongalia County, WV.

Roy Bird Cook, Washington's Western Lands, Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1930. Page 37, 43; William Crawford surveyed most of the lands on the Ohio and the Kanawha.