Our first record of James Ewing appear in what is today Bath County, Virginia. During the last week in April in 1746 there were surveyed for him 245 acres on the Jackson River near Muddy Run not far from today's Warm Springs, Bath's County seat.
James was a hunter and trapper as well as farmer and many of his expeditions took him into the mountains that guarded the western edge of the Valley of Virginia and he liked what he saw. So did several other settlers. They formed a syndicate to apply to the Crown for a grant for "50,000 acres lying west of the Cow Pasture on Green Bryer River. The syndicate was headed by Henry DOWNS and one of the members was James EWING.
The grant was made April 4, 1749.
Knapp's Creek it's called today. But its first white man's name, given to it some 265 years ago, was Ewing's Creek, in honor pioneer James Ewing. Ewing's Creek, flowed from an area near Frost south to Minnahaha Springs and then spilled into the Greenbrier River, at the place where Marlinton, the Pocahontas County seat, is today., James was to be one of the county's first settlers, and it was very likely here that one of his sons, William was born in 1756, possibly the first white child to be born in the confines of what is today Pocahontas County - where Ewing roots go so deep.
Although no records have been found regarding James marriage he did find a wife and started a family about 1740. Ewing research has concluded her name to be Sarah Mayse,
James and Sarah's children included John and William, the only sons, or at least the only ones who survived infancy. there were three daughters and possibly a fourth. Jeanet Ann (Jennie) was born about 1740\1742. Susan Jean or Jane was born about 1745, and Elizabeth was probably born in that big gap between John's 1747 and William's 1756.
Truly a Pioneer of the day , James spent the rest of his life in this area, hunting, trapping, fending off Indians, raising his family, purchasing land and trading land while living to the age of 80.
When he died in 1801 most of his children and grandchildren were settled in the area either on Swago Creek, Stoney Creek, Elk River or Ewing Creek, all near the Greenbrier River now present day Marlinton, VW.
After James death and as the West opened up to migration, all but a few Ewing remained in Marlinton with most relocating in and around Vinton, Ohio and together established the town of Ewington.
James strong Scot-Irish stock has prevailed and he leaves in his wake thousands descendants in and across the land today.
More can be learned about Pioneer James Ewing and his family at EFA.com∼s/o:
John Ewing
Janette McElvaney
h/o:
Sarah Mayes Ewing (1728-1818)
f/o:
James Ewing
Reuben B. Ewing
Margaret Ewing
Mary Ewing Johnson
Jennet Ann Ewing (1742-1818)
John "Indian John" Ewing (1747-1824)
William P. "Swago Bill" Ewing (1756-1822)
Elizabeth Ewing (1750- )
Jane Ewing (1753- )
James was a hunter and trapper as well as farmer and many of his expeditions took him into the mountains that guarded the western edge of the Valley of Virginia and he liked what he saw. So did several other settlers. They formed a syndicate to apply to the Crown for a grant for "50,000 acres lying west of the Cow Pasture on Green Bryer River. The syndicate was headed by Henry DOWNS and one of the members was James EWING.
The grant was made April 4, 1749.
Knapp's Creek it's called today. But its first white man's name, given to it some 265 years ago, was Ewing's Creek, in honor pioneer James Ewing. Ewing's Creek, flowed from an area near Frost south to Minnahaha Springs and then spilled into the Greenbrier River, at the place where Marlinton, the Pocahontas County seat, is today., James was to be one of the county's first settlers, and it was very likely here that one of his sons, William was born in 1756, possibly the first white child to be born in the confines of what is today Pocahontas County - where Ewing roots go so deep.
Although no records have been found regarding James marriage he did find a wife and started a family about 1740. Ewing research has concluded her name to be Sarah Mayse,
James and Sarah's children included John and William, the only sons, or at least the only ones who survived infancy. there were three daughters and possibly a fourth. Jeanet Ann (Jennie) was born about 1740\1742. Susan Jean or Jane was born about 1745, and Elizabeth was probably born in that big gap between John's 1747 and William's 1756.
Truly a Pioneer of the day , James spent the rest of his life in this area, hunting, trapping, fending off Indians, raising his family, purchasing land and trading land while living to the age of 80.
When he died in 1801 most of his children and grandchildren were settled in the area either on Swago Creek, Stoney Creek, Elk River or Ewing Creek, all near the Greenbrier River now present day Marlinton, VW.
After James death and as the West opened up to migration, all but a few Ewing remained in Marlinton with most relocating in and around Vinton, Ohio and together established the town of Ewington.
James strong Scot-Irish stock has prevailed and he leaves in his wake thousands descendants in and across the land today.
More can be learned about Pioneer James Ewing and his family at EFA.com∼s/o:
John Ewing
Janette McElvaney
h/o:
Sarah Mayes Ewing (1728-1818)
f/o:
James Ewing
Reuben B. Ewing
Margaret Ewing
Mary Ewing Johnson
Jennet Ann Ewing (1742-1818)
John "Indian John" Ewing (1747-1824)
William P. "Swago Bill" Ewing (1756-1822)
Elizabeth Ewing (1750- )
Jane Ewing (1753- )
Our first record of James Ewing appear in what is today Bath County, Virginia. During the last week in April in 1746 there were surveyed for him 245 acres on the Jackson River near Muddy Run not far from today's Warm Springs, Bath's County seat.
James was a hunter and trapper as well as farmer and many of his expeditions took him into the mountains that guarded the western edge of the Valley of Virginia and he liked what he saw. So did several other settlers. They formed a syndicate to apply to the Crown for a grant for "50,000 acres lying west of the Cow Pasture on Green Bryer River. The syndicate was headed by Henry DOWNS and one of the members was James EWING.
The grant was made April 4, 1749.
Knapp's Creek it's called today. But its first white man's name, given to it some 265 years ago, was Ewing's Creek, in honor pioneer James Ewing. Ewing's Creek, flowed from an area near Frost south to Minnahaha Springs and then spilled into the Greenbrier River, at the place where Marlinton, the Pocahontas County seat, is today., James was to be one of the county's first settlers, and it was very likely here that one of his sons, William was born in 1756, possibly the first white child to be born in the confines of what is today Pocahontas County - where Ewing roots go so deep.
Although no records have been found regarding James marriage he did find a wife and started a family about 1740. Ewing research has concluded her name to be Sarah Mayse,
James and Sarah's children included John and William, the only sons, or at least the only ones who survived infancy. there were three daughters and possibly a fourth. Jeanet Ann (Jennie) was born about 1740\1742. Susan Jean or Jane was born about 1745, and Elizabeth was probably born in that big gap between John's 1747 and William's 1756.
Truly a Pioneer of the day , James spent the rest of his life in this area, hunting, trapping, fending off Indians, raising his family, purchasing land and trading land while living to the age of 80.
When he died in 1801 most of his children and grandchildren were settled in the area either on Swago Creek, Stoney Creek, Elk River or Ewing Creek, all near the Greenbrier River now present day Marlinton, VW.
After James death and as the West opened up to migration, all but a few Ewing remained in Marlinton with most relocating in and around Vinton, Ohio and together established the town of Ewington.
James strong Scot-Irish stock has prevailed and he leaves in his wake thousands descendants in and across the land today.
More can be learned about Pioneer James Ewing and his family at EFA.com∼s/o:
John Ewing
Janette McElvaney
h/o:
Sarah Mayes Ewing (1728-1818)
f/o:
James Ewing
Reuben B. Ewing
Margaret Ewing
Mary Ewing Johnson
Jennet Ann Ewing (1742-1818)
John "Indian John" Ewing (1747-1824)
William P. "Swago Bill" Ewing (1756-1822)
Elizabeth Ewing (1750- )
Jane Ewing (1753- )
James was a hunter and trapper as well as farmer and many of his expeditions took him into the mountains that guarded the western edge of the Valley of Virginia and he liked what he saw. So did several other settlers. They formed a syndicate to apply to the Crown for a grant for "50,000 acres lying west of the Cow Pasture on Green Bryer River. The syndicate was headed by Henry DOWNS and one of the members was James EWING.
The grant was made April 4, 1749.
Knapp's Creek it's called today. But its first white man's name, given to it some 265 years ago, was Ewing's Creek, in honor pioneer James Ewing. Ewing's Creek, flowed from an area near Frost south to Minnahaha Springs and then spilled into the Greenbrier River, at the place where Marlinton, the Pocahontas County seat, is today., James was to be one of the county's first settlers, and it was very likely here that one of his sons, William was born in 1756, possibly the first white child to be born in the confines of what is today Pocahontas County - where Ewing roots go so deep.
Although no records have been found regarding James marriage he did find a wife and started a family about 1740. Ewing research has concluded her name to be Sarah Mayse,
James and Sarah's children included John and William, the only sons, or at least the only ones who survived infancy. there were three daughters and possibly a fourth. Jeanet Ann (Jennie) was born about 1740\1742. Susan Jean or Jane was born about 1745, and Elizabeth was probably born in that big gap between John's 1747 and William's 1756.
Truly a Pioneer of the day , James spent the rest of his life in this area, hunting, trapping, fending off Indians, raising his family, purchasing land and trading land while living to the age of 80.
When he died in 1801 most of his children and grandchildren were settled in the area either on Swago Creek, Stoney Creek, Elk River or Ewing Creek, all near the Greenbrier River now present day Marlinton, VW.
After James death and as the West opened up to migration, all but a few Ewing remained in Marlinton with most relocating in and around Vinton, Ohio and together established the town of Ewington.
James strong Scot-Irish stock has prevailed and he leaves in his wake thousands descendants in and across the land today.
More can be learned about Pioneer James Ewing and his family at EFA.com∼s/o:
John Ewing
Janette McElvaney
h/o:
Sarah Mayes Ewing (1728-1818)
f/o:
James Ewing
Reuben B. Ewing
Margaret Ewing
Mary Ewing Johnson
Jennet Ann Ewing (1742-1818)
John "Indian John" Ewing (1747-1824)
William P. "Swago Bill" Ewing (1756-1822)
Elizabeth Ewing (1750- )
Jane Ewing (1753- )
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Pioneer James Ewing, 1720-1801. Scots-Irish Settler on Knapp's Creek in Pocahontas County, WV.
Loving Husband of Sarah Mayes.
Proud Father of Ann Janett, John, Elizabeth, Susan Jane, and William.
Dedicated in 2014 by The Ewing Family Association
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Dedicated in 2014 by The Ewing Family Association
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