Hardy County Family Album
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INDEX
County Families
- A Long Query concerning the
AMICK - KELLER - LUDWICK - LUDWIG - RUDY families
- Submitted by Barbara Jenkins Gavin
- Beans in Hardy County Cemeteries
- Readings from ten Hardy County cemeteries.
Submitted by Sue Wilson
Additions and changes in Olivet Cemetery by Mary L. Bean
- Benjamin Bean Summary
- A summary of the life of Benjamin Bean, 1758-1828 and his family.
Compiled by Maureen Veatch Gobel
- Letters of Helen Yoakum Black, 1872 - 1873
- These two letters are among the earliest known written family records for the Harness,
Stump, Yoakum, and See families.
Transcribed and annotated by Sara Stevens Patton
- Johann Jakob Brechtel Immigration Record
- The record of John Brake's entry to America in 1737.
Submitted by Perry Brake
- L. Brake et al vs. N. See et al., Moorefield, 1868
Complaint and
Deposition.
- Legal action brought by Leonard Brake and Elizabeth Brake Simon against Nimrod See and
the heirs of his late wife Magdalene Brake See, regarding the properties of Michael See,
deceased
21 January 1861, intestate.
Transcribed by Perry Brake
- Christian Crose 1725-1814 and his
Descendents
- An excerpt from the book of the same name and the will of Christian Crose and documents
filed in connection with its settlement.
Submitted by Henry A. Hamann
- An Ermentraudt Family History
- The Ermentraudt - Armentrout Family and related families of Hardy County
Submitted by Barbara Elaine Hays Clayton
- Fisher and Lawrence and Petty
- Connections between three Hardy County Families from Ohio records. REVISED March 2009
by Jean McClure
- Four Generations of Descendants of John
Groves
- John Groves was born in and lived in Winchester, VA in the mid
to late 1700's, here are the descendants of his son Solomon born 1778, many Hardy County
connections.
Submitted by Darrell W. Groves, dgroves107@oh.rr.com
- Johann Michael Ernst Hörner; His Birth Family, Marriage and Life Span
- Published in 2013, this research will replace a fair amount, but not all, of the Michael
Harness section in Tevebaugh's more extensive 2001 study of part of that family. It
should serve as the final basic identification of Johan Michael Ernst Hörner;
Submitted by John L. Tevebaugh
- Johann Michael
Ernst Hoerner and his Harness
Children; What the Documents Say
- Study of Johann Michael and Maria Elisabetha (Dieffenbach) Ernst Hoerner and their five
sons in original records reveals answers to some Harness family questions.
Submitted by John L. Tevebaugh
- The Parents,
Siblings and Birth of Johann Michael Ernst Hörner (aka Michael Harness,
Sr.)
- Information from the town resident/family lineage book for the village of
Unteröwisheim. Addenda on use of German Ortssippenbücher
Submitted by John L. Tevebaugh
- Harness Family Research Supporting Data
- Watch for the pitfalls of unsupported, or contradictory statements. The truth is almost
always as exciting as the legend and finding the truth is its own reward.
Submitted by John L. Tevebaugh
- Known Descendants of Leonard Hire /
Hyre
- The Hire / Hyre family settled near Petersburg at a very early date
likely the late 1740's.
Submitted by Kenneth W. Colby
- John Hopewell Family Bible Records
- Entries transcribed and submitted by Mike Benson
- A Family History - Idleman, Cosner, Lyon,
Stingley
- Containing the precedents in the family of
Simon P. and Sarah (Lyon) Idleman
whose precedents embrace the family names of
IDLEMAN, COSNER, LYON, STINGLEY Collected and Compiled by Ollie F. Idleman of
Scherr, W. Va. 1962
Submitted by Gary Tucker
- The German Ancestors of the Idleman Family
- Information about Conrad Idleman and his family from the original German records. Photographs, photocopies of original churchbook records and more.
Submitted by Sigrun Börkel of Viernheim, Germany
- Kidner Family in Hardy County Records
- Entries from the Hardy County Minute Book, Land Tax, Marriage and Probate records
Transcribed and submitted by C. J. Andes
- Children of John Lowrance
- Dated 25 Jan 1883 this letter from J.O. Hoffhine to Hiram Lawrence translates the entries
found in old family books giving birth dates for 12 Lawrence children.
Submitted by Jean McClure
- MacDonald Family Records
- Records from Hampshire County wills and the Maysville Cemetery in Grant County may
offer clues to researchers of the MacDonald family in Hardy County.
Submitted by Barbara Sheehan
- Neff Family
- Three generations of Descendants of Hans Leonard Neff and Elizabeth Magdalena Feg,
Submitted by J. W. Neff
- A Mathias Family Mystery
- Who was James William Mathias's father?
Submitted by Debbie Ripple
- Oats Family
- Research including the Civil War Records of Robert Oats and Robert W. Oats, Jr.,
Submitted by Glenn Smith
- Burch and Oats Family
- Research including obituaries of Lavina McGill Burch Oats and her husband Robert Oats,
Submitted by Glenn Smith.
- Letters of Valentine Simmons
(1790-1867)
- Three letters written 1857, 1858 and 1859 to his children: Eliza C. (Simmons) Lindsey
(1830-1905) and Thomas Adams Simmons (ca 1836-1863).
Submitted by Joyce Reiss
- The Sniders – From Hardy County to Winchester Virginia, A Family History
- The family of George Washington Snider (c.1819-1884), Postmaster and Mayor of Wardensville, Hardy County.
Submitted by George Snider
- Snider Ancestry Outline
- Three generations of the Snider Family. Who were the parents of George Washington Snider, born c.1819 in Ohio?
Submitted by George Snider
- Bible Record of the Marriage of George Stump and Elizabeth Wilson
- Using the resources of the Library of Virginia's collections online.
Margaret Lew
- Michael Stump Sr. of Virginia
1709-1768
by Thurman Stump.
- A treatise on the origin and ancestry with surname armorials, originally published in 1975,
this edition includes supplementary material and corrections made by the author in 1979.
Submitted by Emma Campbell
- Michael Stump and The Phoenix
1743
- New evidence to establish the identity of the emigrant Michael Stump, who arrived at
Philadelphia in 1743 on the Phoenix
Submitted by J. W. Neff
- Stump Pioneers
- By Evelyn Blake based on information from Ofa E. Stump.
- Henry Teets and the Teets Family in West Virginia
- Review of Monongalia and Preston County Tax and Land Records
reveals evidence that Henry and Mary Teets are the documented pioneers for most, if not all, individuals
with the surname Teets in West Virginia.
John Teets
- Dating Daniel Tevebaugh's Death and Will
- Although there is no specific date recorded for Daniel Tevebaugh's will or date of death
we can use contemporary documents to narrow the probable date for both events.
Submitted by John L. Tevebaugh
- The Hanson Veatch - Elizabeth Bean Family
- The family of Hanson Veatch, 1764-1835/6 and his wife Elizabeth Bean, 1762-1842.
Compiled by Maureen Veatch Gobel
- The Hanson Veatch Estate Account
- The Estate account of Hanson Veatch, photocopies of the original records of the estate settlement.
Submitted by Maureen Veatch Gobel
- Wilkins, Smith, Brock, Shoemaker and Hedges
Families
- Records from the 1880 Census, Hardy County,
Submitted by Charlene Smith.
- The Wilson Family in Hardy County
Records
- Birth, Marriage, Probate, Death and Cemetery records
Submitted by Sue Wilson
Hardy County Cemeteries
- A list of Hardy County Cemeteries
- Obtained by a search at the Geographic Names Information System a feature of the U.S.
Geological Survey web site.
- Hardy County Cemetery
Collection
- Readings from over 50 cemeteries and graveyards
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- Deaths in United Bretheran Church Records, Hardy Charge, 1879-1896
- Submitted by James Funkhouser
- Hardy County Cemetery Readings Recorded by Clifton and Lila Funkhouser
- Submitted by Suzanne W. Whitson
People and Places
- Hardy County Minute Book 1 - 1786
- A partial transcription beginning on page 1.
Submitted by George Machir Williams
- 1787 Petition To Add A Portion of Hardy County
to Hampshire County
- Is your ancestor among the 82 signers?
Submitted by Charlene Smith
- The Barr Band
- For about 50 years the Barr Band played for every occasion of note throughout the area;
Fourth of July picnics, political rallies, tournament riding meets, and fairs.
Submitted by Bettie Myers Wehland
- Free Negroes and Mulattoes, Hardy County Taxpayers Lists
1810
- Extracted from: A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the
Counties for which the Census is Missing by Netti Schreiner-Yantis.
Submitted by Rose McDaniel
- Black and Mulatto Individuals in the 1850 Census of Hardy
County, Virginia
- Extracted from: Hardy County (West) Virginia 1850 Census Wes Cochran
publication.
Submitted by Margaret Lew
- Persons of Color in the 1870 Federal Census of Hardy
County, Virginia
- Source: NARA#M593/1688, FHL Film#553187, Ancestry.com/HeritageQuest online database
with images
Submitted by Donald Nazelrod
- Hardy County One Room Schools -- Two
Stories
- As told by Marcellus Alexander Evans (1875-1954), Teacher in Hardy County for 40 years.
Submitted by Michael M. Foreman
- Hardy County Schools in 1904
- A report from History of Education in West Virginia
Prepared under the direction of the State Superintendent of Free Schools.
Submitted by Valerie Crook
- Hardy County Post Offices, January 1, 1851
- From the United States Postal Department publication of 1859, includes postmasters.
Submitted by Perry Brake
- The David and Lydia Knee House
- Can you identify the location of this house, photographed in 1949?
Submitted by Jack Knee
- Photographs of Mathias Local Families
- Randy L. See presents several sets of photos by Lorenzo Lantz taken 1930 - 1945. Most people and places in them are not identified.
- McNeill Baseball Team Photograph c. 1914 -
1917
- Can you help identify the unknown members of this team in the photograph?
Submitted
by Deborah Shepherd
- Ministers in Hardy County
- Research of Martha Richards
- Old North Mill Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church
Records, 1791 - 1889
- Records of birth, baptism, confirmation, death and registers of membership from the two
congregations that shared the Old North Mill Creek Church.
Submitted by Margaret Lew
- Old North Mill Creek Lutheran Church
- Birth and death records
Submitted by Margaret Lew
- Reed Farmstead Archaeological Excavations
- Reprint from Ancestry's Online Genealogy Newsletter, read about this current project.
Anyone with information about the Reed family or farm is invited to contact the archaeologists
at
their web site.
- Photographs of The Trough
- Three views of the Trough in Hampshire and Hardy Counties taken from the train.
Submitted by Pat Davis
Military Records
- Revolutionary War Pensioners in Hardy
County
- Confederate Monument
- The names on the Confederate Monument in Moorefield Cemetery are soldiers of the
Hardy
Grays, 33rd Va Infantry, Stonewall Brigade. Glenn Smith's research in the census and other
records identifies many of them. Is your ancestor among them?
- Hardy County Blues
- Company B of the Sixty-Second Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Army of the
Confederate States of America. The muster roll of Captain John J. Chipley's Company,
submitted
by Faith Horan.
- Union soldiers from Hardy County
- Most of these soldiers were in Company I of the 7th WV Regiment, known as the Bloody
7th. Was your ancestor among them?
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From Hardy County
- Reverend David Badgley and Hardy Countians to New
Design, Illinois
- In 1797 Reverend Badgley, a Baptist minister from Hardy County,
departed with 154 people for Illinois.
Submitted by Nora Tocus
- Two Schooners from Hardy County, Virginia to
Vermilion County, Illinois
- The Families of Daniel Bedinger and Henry Carrier
The narrative of the Bedinger-Carrier trek to Illinois from oral traditions and history
By: Dorothea Bedinger Clymer
- John the "Bear Hunter" Cutright
- Born about 1747 on the South Branch near Moorefield, John pioneered Westward to
Kentucky and Ohio with his wife Elizabeth and large family.
Submitted by John O.
Cutright
- Daniel Huffman Family
- Daniel Huffman born 1778 in Hardy County and his wife Rosanna Peterson purchased 499
acres of wooded land in Clinton County Ohio and settled there in the 1820's with their three
sons.
This family history covers the first four generations of the Huffmans in Ohio and is accompanied
by a reading of the Peterson Cemetery, Clinton Co, OH and photographs of the grave stones of
the earliest Huffmans in Clinton Co.
Submitted by Charles Thomas
- Hardy County Emigrants
- Help us add to this list of Hardy County folks found in other counties or states. Krismarie
Fetter submitted the first couple from stones found in an Ohio Cemetery.
- Neff Family in Ohio
- Buried in The Alkire-Tanner Cemetery, Darby Township, Pickaway County Ohio are
several Neff family members from Hardy County.
submitted by Joyce Althoff jalthoff@qn.net
- Dr. Nathaniel D. Parren/Parron Fugitive Slave Case,
1851
- About January 12 or 13th, 1851, a slave known as "Harrison" about 19 years
old escaped from a Dr. Nathaniel D. Parren (or Parron) of Hardy County,
possibly with a group of other slaves. This query is part of a study of fugitive slave cases in
Western New York, can you help with information?
Christopher Densmore
densmore@acsu.buffalo.edu
- George Washington Reynolds
- George Reynolds and his family left Hardy County in the 1860's to move west. They
settled in Lafayette County, Missouri. Connections to Swisher, Wise and other county families
in
this research submitted by J. Reynolds JReyno6299@aol.com
- David Roberts
- Born about 1719, David sold his land in Hardy County in 1803 and went west
to settle in Fairfield County, Ohio.
Submitted by Fred Roberts
- John Roberts
- Born 1811 in Hardy (now Grant) County John went west in 1834.
Submitted by James
A. Green.
- Obituary of Isaac Rumer
- From the Fairfield Daily Journal, Monday, Dec. 11, 1911, (Fairfield, Iowa),
with notes
Submitted by Andy Rumer.
- Jesse Rumer Family
- Jesse and Caroline Elizabeth (Jacobs) Rumer with their first child, Franklin David Rumer,
left Hardy County c. 1847 for Fayette County, Ohio.
By Eda L. Rumer Bobo
- Death notice or Adam Seymour of Newark Ohio,
1871
- Adam came with his father to Ohio in 1803.
Submitted by Dee Gentry
- Alfred Slusher of Hardy County, Virginia
(1807-1875)
- Alfred and his wife Nancy Ann Skidmore and six of their children moved from Hardy
County to Vermilion County IL sometime between 1856 and 1860.
Submitted by Otis Slusher
- The Vanmeter Family Cemetery,
Saline County, Missouri
- Abraham and Elizabeth Vanmeter and their children moved from Hardy County , Virginia
to Saline County, Missouri in 1834.
Submitted by Ed Richards
- Obituary of Elizabeth J. Stump Wilson
- In 1852 four families, including the Stumps and Wilsons left their homes in Hardy County
to settle in Vermilion County, Illinois.
Submitted by Diana M. Nelson.
- Morris Thomas (1727 - 1796)
- Four children of Morris and Mary Cantrell Thomas left Hardy County to settle in Indiana
and Kentucky
Submitted by Sue Kron
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Updated 15 December 2022
