1700-1775, WV, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net
West Virginia
was the western part of Virginia, after becoming a state the original county
names were kept. And later divided
to create more counties. For the Area Time Lines, I have put Western
Virginia and West Virginia all together in the WV file.
1772, Berkeley Created
from Frederick
1753, Hampshire Created
from Augusta, Frederick
The Battle of
Point Pleasant, West Virginia on October 10, 1774,
http://www.pointpleasantwv.org/Parks&Campgrounds/StateParks/TuEndiWei/BattleStory.htm
This site is now located in Mason Co.,
WV, JIM
List of participants of the Battle of Point Plesant, WV
Blankenship, Richard
From
Patti Waldron imafirebabe(at)hotmail.com
Paylist for James Robertson's company in Lord
Dunmore's War
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/drawer?retrieve_image=DW&offset=+183&page=263&reel=001
Page 262, Richard Blankenship, for
51 Days.
From: Barbara Bauer bsadovnic(at)clarityconnect.com
Documentary
history of Dunmore's War, 1774
http://books.google.com/books?id=zOJEAAAAIAAJ&dq=documentary%20history%20of%20lord%20dunmore's%20war
,
Page 200
“I have sent you an
acct. of their time likewise finding their provision for the time.
Mitchel
Clay 51 Day on Duty Found His own
Provisions
Zekil
Clay 51 Days Found his Provisions
David Clay 51 Days found Do
Rich Blankenship 44 Days Do”
James Robertson.
From: Barbara Bauer bsadovnic(at)clarityconnect.com
Documentary
history of Dunmore's War, 1774
http://books.google.com/books?id=zOJEAAAAIAAJ&dq=documentary%20history%20of%20lord%20dunmore's%20war
,
Page 201 ( Michael Woods and James
Robertson to Col. William Preston)
Sir – I draughted
Philip Cavanough John farley Richard Blankingship John [H]umphres francis farley & george pack
who all refused; and I understand there is some of them going over to you to
try and get off But
major Robertson & I has Consulted and we desire that you may not contenance any of them; and we expect to get them and some
more and if they go I shall have 2 [MS. Torn} besides myself which is all from
yr. Servt. & wellwisher
Michael
Woods”
From: Barbara Bauer bsadovnic(at)clarityconnect.com