Messy formation of border between WV and VA

  Nancy Jackson sent me the following link about the messy negotiations and intrigue about the formation of the boundary between West Virginia and Virginia. Great reading! Lots of wonderful maps!   http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/wvboundary.html   Jane Hilder’s ancestor Senator John S. Carlile was a key player.   Nancy cautions that the formation of the counties is […]

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Update to Jacksons in the West Virginia Encyclopedia

Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde   I found many more Jackson people and places in The West Virginia Encyclopedia and have updated the December 31, 2022 […]

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Col. Thomas Moore Jackson, age 60, died Feb. 3, 1912

Col. Thomas Moore Jackson, age 60, died Feb. 3, 1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia.   He was a descendant of Col. George Jackson. His line: Thomas Moore Jackson(5), James Madison Jackson(4), John George Jackson(3), George Jackson(2), John Jackson Sr(1).   Here is an excellent article about Col.Thomas Moore Jackson’s death, his life, and […]

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Some of Col. Edward Jackson’s Land Grants

Some of Col. Edward Jackson’s Land Grants Compiled by Nancy A. Jackson May be from Sims Index.   1. 25 April 1782 treasury warrant # 8360, lying and being in the county of Harrison 470 acres on the waters of Sandy Creek. 2. 2 April 1783 treasury warrant # 15233 lying and being on the […]

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Jackson Family mentioned in Harrison County Court (1784-1827)

Entries that mention a member of the Jackson Family in the County Court Records for Harrison County, West Virginia (1784–1827). Transcribed from the book History Of Harrison County West Virginia by Henry Haymond, 1910. Commentary by the author (Henry Haymond) is in italics.   Compiled by Dan Hyde from http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/countycourts.html. Suggested by Nancy Jackson.   […]

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Jackson Articles in The West Virginia Encyclopedia

Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde   1. Jackson Family written by Stephen W. Brown. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/932   2. John George Jackson written by Stephen W. Brown. John […]

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Martha Irene Jackson Gillum, age 87, died September 29, 2005

Martha Irene Jackson Gillum, 87, of Roanoke, Virginia, formerly of Hall and Pleasant Ridge, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2005, in Lewis-Gale Hospital in Roanoke, Va. She was a member of the Hollins Church of the Nazarene. Irene was a loving wife, devoted mother, and loyal sister.   Irene was preceded in death […]

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Chester Hugh Pribble, age 98, dies Oct. 10, 2022

Chester Hugh Pribble June 7, 1924 ~ October 10, 2022 (age 98) Obituary Chester Hugh Pribble, 98, of Woolrich, [PA] passed away peacefully on October 10, 2022 at the Williamsport Hospital.  Born June 7, 1924 in Petroleum, Richie County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Sherman and Ella Pribble.  In addition to […]

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Remembrance for Peter Frost Hilder, Jr. Died March 15, 2021

Peter Frost (Skip) Hilder, Jr. died on March 15, 2021 in Henrico County, Virginia. He was the son of Peter Frost Hilder and Aimee Carlile (John S. Carlile, Allan Douglas Carlile, Mary Ellen Gittings Carlile, Mary Jackson Williams Gittings, Katherine (Katrana) Jackson Williams, George Jackson, John and Elizabeth Brake Jackson. He was nicknamed Skip to […]

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