William Ferrell 1740

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William Richard Ferrell

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Martha Thompson
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William Richard Ferrell
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Name William Richard    Ferrell
Gender Male
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Birth and Death Information
Born 1740
Russell, VA
United States of America
Deceased 1740


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Spouse Martha Thompson
Marriage Date 1764
Children John Ferrell
Richard Ferrell
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Male-ICON.jpg John Ferrell
Male-ICON.jpg Richard Ferrell

William/Richard Ferrell Sr.[1] was the Progenitor... along with his wife Martha Thompson... His origin story is told in Ragland's A History of Logan County, and Sam Hanna tells the DNA side in The Farrells of Donegal: And Associated Families.

...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 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.

It appears that our William helped found the town of Honaker, VA in Russell County, VA. (FOLLOW-UP: Check this is our William. Any other Ferrell's on the tax/tithables listing in mid-late 1700's??) 

Honaker was settled as early as 1772 when William Ferrill established a homesite in the area. During Dunmore's War of 1774 a fort, known as New Garden Fort, was established to protect the settlers from Indian raids.

The Honaker Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

We know that William (along with Richard Thompson (FOLLOW-UP: Relation to his wife Martha? Father? Brother?)) served at the Glade Hollow Fort from the Draper manuscripts (New Garden?). From the book Dunmore's War, pg. 402 

AT THE GLADE HOLLOW FORT W. Ferrill, listed 19th Sept.

And in Frontier Forts, Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia he's listed as being there from 29 August to 6 November, 1774, and being killed there. 

AT THE GLADE HOLLOW FORT - 29 AUGUST to 6 NOVEMBER, 1774
 1. Jeremiah Able
 2. William Buster(d)
 3. Richard Byrd
 4. Isaac Christian (Killed by Indians, Rye Cove, 1776)
 5. Abraham Cooper
 6. Francis Cooper
 7. James Coyle (Killed by Indians, 1780)
 8. John Dunkin, Sergeant (Captured by Indians, 1780, released 1783)
 9. William Ferrell (Killed by Indians)
10. Joseph Horne
11. Solomon Litton (Prisoner of Indians 1780-83)
12. James McCarty
13. Henly Moore, Ensign
14. James Price 
15. Drury Puckett
16. Archibald Scott (Killed by Indians 1785)
17. James Scott
18. Richard Thompson
19. William Wilmoth
20. Archibald Woods

From Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch we are told he is killed at his home, and the Honaker information is repeated, so if we can source this document, those would be confirmed. 

William Ferrill was killed at his home in New Garden on June 15, 1778... The account of his murder is given this way in a letter from Daniel Smith to Arthur Campbell... On the 15th instant, in the evening, William Ferrill was killed and scalped by the Indians at his own house, his family had been luckily removed to the fort (New Garden Fort) sometime before. I received the information from Captain Kingkead (John Kincaid) early the 16th who had just then heard of Mr. Ferrill’s massacre

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Family

Eric Simon"s Photos replica of William's Powder Horn[1]

On the Frontier / Slain by Indians

Flesh this out with reports from Thwaites, Ragland, and others.

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  • Eric Simon"s Photos replica of William's Powder Horn

    Eric Simon"s Photos replica of William's Powder Horn

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eric Simon's Photos from Facebook
    About Eric
    Photos page
    Eric's Matewan-based store Appalachian Lost and Found Facebook page
  2. ↑ A History of Logan County, 1896, Henry Clay Ragland, from the Logan Banner
    Chapter XXI, (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 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.

    Richard Ferrell, the youngest brother, married a Miss Romaines, of Russell County, Virginia, and was the father of ten children - six sons and four daughters, His sons were William, who married Mahala Tiller, John R, who married Elizabeth Coleman; Elizah, who married Barbara Jackson; Richard, who married Letitia Eskew; Evans, who married Martha Duty, and Moses, who married Jane Lockhart. His daughters were Rachel, who married William Tilley; Rebecca, who married Green Justice; Elizabeth, who married Joab Justice, and Nancy, who married Cummings Music?

    John Ferrell married Nancy Jackson of Russell County, Virginia. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, His sons were William who moved to Roane County; Andrew, who married Polly Slater, and then moved to Missouri; and John who married Jane Taylor, and was through along life a prominent Baptist preacher, and was greatly beloved by all who knew him. His daughters were Jennie, who married John Murphy, and Levisa, who married Ralph Steel, of Island Creek.
  3. ↑ The Farrells of Donegal: And Associated Families, Chapter 14, page 379, by Sam Hanna (Get it at 📓 Amazon).
    1.0 FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND MARTHA (THOMPSON) FERRILL/FERRELL
    1.1 Martha.
    1.2 Thomas (c.1767-95) m. Sarah Graham.
    1.3 George (c.1768-[]).
    1.4 Elizabeth (c.1770-1845).
    1.5 John (c.1774-1884) m. Nancy Jackson ([]-1808).
    1.6 William (c.1774-1842) m. Jane Jackson (c.1778-1850).
    1.7 Richard (c.1776-1867) m. Rebecca Romaines (c.1782-1850).
    1.5 JOHN AND NANCY (JACKSON) FERRELL
    1.5.1 William S. (c.1795-1875) m.1 Hannah B. Lowery, m.2 Francis C. Bailey (c.1802-53).
    1.5.2 Jane (c.1797-[]) m. John Murphey (c.1794-[]).
    1.5.3 Richard (c.1798-1862) m. Nancy Ferrell (c.1801-80).
    1.5.4 Levison F. (c.1804-[]) m. Ralph A. Steele (c.1801-[]).
    1.5.5 John B. (c.1806-80) m. Jane (Jennie) Taylor (c.1805-80).
    1.5.6 Andrew J. (c.1808-90) m.1 Mary (Polly) Slator, m.2 Mary R. Herndon.
    1.6 WILLIAM AND JANE (JACKSON) FERRELL
    1.6.1 John L. (c.1799-1872) m. Sarah E. Allison (c.1798-1858).
    1.6.2 Sarah (c.1805-56) m. David Samuel Allison (c.1805-88).
    1.6.3 James (c.1806-74) m. Elizabeth Fields (c.1806-[]).
    1.6.4 Richard P. F. (c.1809-82) m. Elizabeth Flecter (c.1812-71).
    1.6.5 Virginia Jane (c.1811-79) m. George Fields (c.1813-65).
    1.6.6 Mary Polly (c.1812-80) m. Stephen Hart (c.1812-[]).
    1.6.7 Emma (c.1815-85)
    1.6.8 Louisa Levisa (c.1816-96) m. Frederick Deel (c.1819-96).
    1.6.9 Martha (c.1818-70) m. Richard Compton (c.1810-60).
    1.7 RICHARD AND REBECCA (ROMAINES) FERRELL
    1.7.1 William (c.1804-73) m. Mahala Tiller (c.1820-80).
    1.7.2 John R. (c.1805-39) m. Elizabeth J. Coleman (c.1805-44).
    1.7.3 Elijah (c.1806-91) m. Barbara J. Neeley.
    1.7.4 Rachel (c.1813-[]) m. William Tiller.
    1.7.5 Richard (c.1816-88) m. Letitia Askew (c.1820-1923).
    1.7.6 Evans (c.1817-96) m. Martha Jane Duty (c.1829-[]).
    1.7.7 Rebecca L. (c.1821-1901) m. Greenville L. Justice (c.1825-65).
    1.7.8 Moses (c.1822-65) m. Matilda Jane Brewer.
    1.7.9 Nancy (c.1826-1919) m. William C. Musick (c.1806-65).
    1.7.10 Elizabeth (c.1828-99) m. Jacob Justice (c.1815-[]).
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