History of Logan County Centennial: The Early Years
Local copy here. Chapter XV is where it talks about my Ferrell ancestors.
Publication date: 1996
Topics: genealogy
Author: Samuel W. Rogers, Jr.
Language: English
“History of Logan County: The Early Years” was written by Samuel W. Rogers, Jr. for the Logan Historical Society for the 100th anniversary of Ragland's work. Chapter XX is essentially the same as Ragland's telling of our genealogy, and the book is really an expansion on Swain's work generally.
People Referenced
Richard Ferrell Sr.[1]
Richard Ferrell Sr. was the Progenitor...
...but there is no account of any settlement being made on the West Virginia side of the river below the McDowell County line, or even above that line, until the year 1800, when Richard[2] and John Ferrell[3], sons of Richard Ferrell[1], who was killed by the Indians in Thompson's Valley in 1780[1], settled on the farm where [34]M.A. Ferrell now lives.
John Ferrell[3]
Eldest son of Richard Sr.[1], had 5 kids.
...John Ferrell[3] married Nancy Jackson[4] of Russell County, Virginia. He was the father of three sons and two daughters,
- William Ferrell[5] moved to Roane County...
- Andrew Ferrell[6] (married Polly Slater)
- John 'Baptist' Ferrell[7] (married Elizabeth Coleman)
- Jennie Ferrell[8] (married John Murphy)
- Levisa Ferrell[9] (married Ralph Steel)
Richard Ferrell Jr.[2]
Youngest son of Richard Sr.[1], had 10 kids
...Richard Ferrell[2], the youngest brother, married a Miss Romaines[10], of Russell County, Virginia, and was the father of ten children - six sons and four daughters...
- William[5] (married Mahala Tiller)
- John R [11] (married Elizabeth Coleman)
- Elizah[12] (married Barbara Jackson)
- Richard[13] (married Letitia Eskew)
- Evans[14] (married Martha Duty)
- Moses[15] (married Jane Lockhart)
- Rachel[16] (married William Tilley)
- Rebecca[17] (married Green Justice)
- Elizabeth[18] (married Joab Justice)
- Nancy[19] (married Cummings Music)
M.A. Ferrell
(Michael) M. A. Ferrell, inherited old homestead. UPDATE- Link to Will - G.W. Hatfield was executor who was he?.
William Ferrell[5]
John R. Ferrell[11]
Elizah Ferrell[12]
Richard Ferrell III[13]
Evans Ferrell[14]
Moses Ferrell[15]
Rachel Ferrell[16]
Rebecca Ferrell[17]
Elizabeth Ferrell[18]
Nancy Ferrell[19]
Rebecca Romaines[10]
Wife of Richard Jr.[2]
Nancy Jackson[4]
Wife of Richard Sr.'s[1] son John[3].
Cummings Music[20]
Husband of [19]Nancy Ferrell[19], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] daughter.
Joab Justice[21]
Husband of [18], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] daughter.
Green Justice[22]
Husband of [17], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] daughter.
William Tilley[23]
Husband of [16], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] daughter.
Jane Lockhart[24]
Wife of [15], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] son.
Martha Duty[25]
Wife of [14], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] son.
Letitia Eskew[26]
Wife of [13], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] son.
Barbara Jackson[27]
Wife of [12], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] son.
Elizabeth Coleman[28]
Wife of [11], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] son.
Mahala Tiller[29]
Wife of [5], Richard Ferrell Jr.'s[2] son.
Polly Slater[30]
Wife of Andrew[6], son of John Ferrell[3].
Jane Taylor[31]
Wife of John[7], son of John Ferrell[3].
John Murphy[32]
Husband of Jennie Ferrell [8], daughter of John Ferrell[3].
Ralph Steel[33]
Husband of Levisa Ferrell[9], daughter of John Ferrell[3].
Body Text on the Ferrells
History of Logan County, W.Va.
by Henry Clay Ragland
Chapters 13-22 - The Genealogical Section
CHAPTER XXI (Ferrell genealogy)
(page 112)
‘While the Guyandotte Valley was being settled with hardy pioneers from Montgomery and the territory which formerly belonged in that ancient county, the Tug Fork of Sandy was being peopled by those who had for awhile paused in their march to the wilderness on the waters of the Clinch and the Holsten. From the time of the building of the old Block House at the forks of Sandy, about the year 1789, frequent visits were made from the cabins on the frontier by daring hunters to their friends in the old fort, but there is no account of any settlement being made on the West Virginia side of the river below the McDowell County line, or even above that line, until the year 1800, when Richard[2] and John Ferrell[3], sons of Richard Ferrell[34], who was killed by the Indians in Thompson's Valley in 1780[1], settled on the farm where [35]M.A. Ferrell now lives.
Richard Ferrell[2], the youngest brother, married a Miss Romaines[10], of Russell County, Virginia, and was the father of ten children[2] - six sons and four daughters, His sons were William[5], who married Mahala Tiller[29], John R[11], who married Elizabeth Coleman[28]; Elizah[12], who married Barbara Jackson[27]; Richard[13], who married Letitia Eskew[26]; Evans[14], who married Martha Duty[25], and Moses[15], who married Jane Lockhart[24]. His daughters were Rachel[16], who married William Tilley[23]; Rebecca[17], who married Green Justice[22]; Elizabeth[18], who married Joab Justice[21], and Nancy[19], who married Cummings Music?[20]
John Ferrell[3] married Nancy Jackson[4] of Russell County, Virginia. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, His sons were William[5] who moved to Roane County; Andrew[6] , who married Polly Slater[30] , and then moved to Missouri; and John[7] who married Jane Taylor[31] , and was through along life a prominent Baptist preacher, and was greatly beloved by all who knew him. His daughters were Jennie[8] , who married John Murphy[32] , and Levisa[9] , who married Ralph Steel[33] , of Island Creek.
CHAPTER XXII (Ferrell genealogy)
(page 118)
(page 122)
William Bingham Mead, who married Esther Davis, came from Virginia around 1790, and settled on the old Vancouver settlement at the Blockhouse at the forks of Sandy. In the early part of the present century, about 1801, he moved with his family, to Marrowbone Creek. He had three sons and five daughters. His sons were: William B., Jr. who married Jane Ellen Rutherford; Samuel, who married a Miss Patton, and John, who married a Miss Ewood, and move to Ohio. His daughters were: Elizabeth who married Issac Brewster; Maragaret, who married a Thomas Watts; Frances, who married Theodore Gooding; Anna, who married Perry Burruss; and Teziah, who married John Cline. William B. Jr. had seven boys and four girls. His sons were: James, who married a Miss Dingess; Lewis, who married a Miss Spaulding; Thomas B. who married a Miss Sartin; William B. who married a Miss Messer. The daughters were: Mary, who married John Field; Priscilla, who married Hiram Rose; Lydia, who married Silas Damron, and Ellen, who married G.B.C. Floyd, and who was the mother of Hon. J.D. Floyd, Mrs. S. P. Kelly, and several other children.
Issac Brewer, who married the eldest daughter (Elizabeth) of W.B. Meade Sr. was of English Stock. Among the soldiers who came with Braddok to America, in 1755, were two brothers by the name of Brewer; one of them was killed at Fort DuQuesne, on July 9, 1755 but the other survived the war, and settled in southwestern Virginia, where he had several sons and daughters.
(page 123)
One of the sons after service in the Revolution, married Sallie Roark, who afterwards became the wife of Emile Millard. To this former marriage of Sallie Roark was born Isaac ewster; who came with Millard to the Tug Valley, and after his marriage to Miss Meads, settled on Marrowbone. To this marriage were born eight sons and three daughters. His sons were: Lewis, who married a Miss Marcum, William, who moved to Kanawha; Isaac, who married a Miss Spaulding; Samuel, who married a Miss Kirk; Johnson, who married a Miss Clark; Calvin, who married a Miss Messer, James, who married a Miss Newsome; Aaron, who married a Miss Meade; and Anthony, who married a Miss James. His daughters were Eliza, who first married Jacob Marcum, and then Compton Statfford; Evaline, who married another Jacob Marcum; and Matilda, who Married Moses Farrell, who was for a long time a Member of the County Court of Logan.
Maps
These maps of the counties that incorporated Logan, and formed West Virginia, were included in this version of the "The History", and Roger's note on page II says they were compiled by Mr. Dana Dorsey.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 sons of Richard Ferrell, who was killed by the Indians in Thompson's Valley in 1780
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 father of ten children
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 John Ferrell
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Nancy Jackson
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 William
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Andrew
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 John
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Jennie
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Levisa
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Miss Romaines
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 John R
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Elizah
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Richard
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Evans
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Moses
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Rachel
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Rebecca
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Elizabeth
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Nancy
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Cummings Music?
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Joab Justice
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Green Justice
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 William Tilley
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Jane Lockhart
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Martha Duty
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Letitia Eskew
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Barbara Jackson
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Elizabeth Coleman
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Mahala Tiller
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Polly Slater
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Jane Taylor
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 John Murphy
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Ralph Steel
- ↑ Richard Ferrell Sr. Page 112: "there is no account of any settlement being made on the West Virginia side of the river below the McDowell County line, or even above that line, until the year 1800, when Richard and John Ferrell, sons of Richard Ferrell, who was killed by the Indians in Thompson's Valley in 1780, settled on the farm where M.A. Ferrell now lives."
- ↑ M.A. Ferrell