This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1910.

A History

of

Pendleton County,

West Virginia

By Oren F Morton

Published By

The Author

Franklin, West Virginia

1910

490 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

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Contents

PART I

Chapter I Physical Geography of Pendleton 
Chapter II Before the White Man Came 
Chapter III America and Virginia in 1748 
Chapter IV Period of Discovery and Exploration 
Chapter V The Beginning of Settlement 
Chapter VI Period of Indian War 
Chapter VII A Time of Peace 
Chapter VIII Pendleton Under Rockingham 
Chapter IX Early Laws, Customs, and Usages 
Chapter X Formation of Pendleton 
Chapter XI Early Middle Period - 1788-1818 
Chapter XII Later Middle Period - 1818-1861 
Chapter XIII Slavery in Pendleton 
Chapter XIV Period of Interstate War 
Chapter XV Recent Period 
Chapter XVI Church, School, and Professional History 
Chapter XVII The Town of Franklin 
Chapter XVIII The Pendleton of Today 
Chapter XIX A Forward Look 

PART II 

Chapter I The Nature of Family - Group Histories 
Chapter II Illustrative Family - Group Sketch 
Chapter III Given Names and Surnames 
Chapter IV Index to Names of Pioneers and Sub-Pioneers 
Chapter V Origin, Arrival, and Location of the Pioneers 
Chapter VI Sketch-Histories of Existing Families 
Chapter VII Certain Extinct Families 
Chapter VIII Other Extinct Families 
Chapter IX Recent Families 
Chapter X Highland Families 

PART III 

SECTION I - Historical 
Edmund Pendleton 
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 Titheables 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 
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 C.S.A. Service Containing Pendleton Men 
The Battle of New Market 
Roster of Pendleton Men in the C.S.A. Service 
APPENDIX Brief Sketch of the Author of the Book