Revolutionary War Soldier.∼This man's military tombstone application listed the place of burial as:
EAGLE BURIAL GROUND at Upper Tract, Pendleton Co VA (WV).
His tombstone application was sent in by the Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun, 1866-1933 -see short bio below Wm Eagle's information
Revolutionary War
Continental Army
William Eagle
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MARRIAGE DATES FOR THIS WILLIAM EAGLE
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1823
County: Pendleton
State: Virginia
…….
West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1822
Marriage Place: Pendleton, West Virginia.
COL WM EAGLE & MARY ANN DAY had a son:
George Washington Eagle,
Born: 1824
Many show George Washington Eagle being "released" from a Union prison after his DEATH DATE! Do they have the wrong George Eagle? Tombstone 1862 death.
George Washington Eagle, 1824-1862, and his wife, Julia Ann Shreve,1825-1887, (Married 18 Oct 1849 in Pendleton Co VA/WV) had children from Sep 1852- 20 June 1861.
1850 PENDLETON CO VA CENSUS
# 283, Smoke Hole ,50th Dist, image 2 of 2, read 16 Aug 1850 by J. B. Mooman (?)
George Eagle,......25 farmer b. VA
Julia A Eagle,....... 23, b. VA
Mary A Eagle,...... 53, b. VA
West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about Mary Ann Eagle
Name:Mary Ann Eagle
[Mary Ann Day]
Birth Date:abt 1797
Death Date:26 Jan 1854
Death Place:Pendleton, West Virginia
Death Age:57
Race:White
Gender:Female
Father Name: Ezekel Day
Mother Name: Leah
FHL Film Number: 818557
"Smoke Hole,Virginia (now West Virginia):
Early settlers
The first Smoke Hole settlers followed quickly on the heels of the first in the South Branch valley, which arrived in the late 1740s. A man named Steele (given name now lost) was the first Smoke Holer, arriving sometime in the 1750s. He built a cabin near the (still standing) Palestine Church and his daughter Katie married another pioneer, George Full — the first wedding celebrated in the Canyon. Another young Steele daughter, Susie, out alone searching for a family
cow, fell victim to a wandering band of Native Americans. Her father found her scalped, she died soon after, and he buried her nearby on a small promontory still known as “Susie Hill”. George Full built his home and a grist mill in the same vicinity. The parents of Revolutionary War veteran WILLIAM EAGLE(1761–1848) arrived shortly afterward. (EAGLE returned after the war and is buried near the 300-foot-high crag that bears his name.) Another Revolutionary War veteran settled there in the years after the conflict, but he — Charles Bleachynden — had been one of the enemy: he was one of the Hessian soldiers (German mercenaries) surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 with Lord Cornwallis' forces.
The earliest settler families — the Steeles, Fulls, EAGLES, Coxes, Boars, Shreves, and Van Meters — were sustained by smallholder farming, supplemented by hunting and fishing. (In those days, available game included bison, elk and
puma.) Livestock, especially swine and sheep, were typically free-ranging and huckleberries and chestnuts were harvested from the wooded mountainsides in
quantity. Maple sugar, maple syrup and wild honey were all available with a minimum of effort. Fruit orchards were also harvested, but — owing to the inaccessibility of the community — only very infrequently was local produce
brought to market at nearby Petersburg or Franklin. This situation continued to prevail for several generations.
The origin of the name “Smoke Hole” is undocumented. Some old timers used to refer to the area as the "Smoke Holes”. The oldest explanation appears to be the story that Native Americans used a well-known cave in the gorge (Smoke Hole
Cave) for smoking meat; this cave has a room shaped like an inverted funnel with a hole at the apex through which smoke could escape and be seen from some distance. But it has also been suggested that a misty fog often lies along the river and ascends, thus evoking a "smoky hole", and that this is possibly the origin. A third popular story is that the fires of moonshiner's stills during
prohibition days (and before) gave the gorge its name. Longtime residents of the gorge have insisted that the Indian "smoke house" cave story is the only genuine
one and the only explanation that pre-dates the ones on the local state historical highway markers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Hole_Canyon
"WEST VIRGINIANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
Compiled by Ross B. Johnson
EAGLE (EAGLES), WILLIAM
SERVICE- VIRGINIA VA, NO. 20137 NO. S. 39480
ENLISTED, Pendleton County Virginia, December 24, 1776, under Captain Stead. He was with Washington's army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. Later he was transferred to Captain Kirkpatrick's, company of the Fourth Virginia which was commanded by Colonel James Wood and also by Colonel John Neville, who was a son-in-law of General Daniel Morgan. He was discharged, September 18, 1778, because of "inability," which tradition says was a broken arm, but he later rejoined the army and is believed to have been present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. *
His wife, Mary Ann, was aged 35 in 1830. They had a son, George Washington Eagle, aged 6 in 1820. Soldier received pension in 1830 and his widow applied for pension in 1853. Supporting claims made by Jeremiah O. Dell. The celebrated Eagle Rocks of the Smoke Hole section of the South Branch of West Virginia are named for this Revolutionary soldier. It is said that Eagle narrowly escaped death at one time while trying to capture some young eagles from the nest top of its lofty crag.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Cemetery: Seneca Smoke Hole
Location: Pendleton Co WV 42
The Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun:
“The History of West Virginia, Old and New”
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
Pg. 391, 392 & 393
BIO: Hon. Harrison M(ayberry) Calhoun, Pendleton Co., WV
(18 Sep 1866-3 Nov 1933)
(Son of Francis Marion Calhoun, 1842-1929 & Phoebe Catherine Harper 1846-1923)
Hon. Harrison M. Calhoun. To portray what manner of citizen and lawyer Harrison M. Calhoun undoubtedly is, how important are his services to the City of Franklin, the County of Pendleton and the State of West Virginia, and how ably and honorably he follows the profession of the, needs no friendly hand. They are matters of public knowledge, unassailable facts, and as such are merely stated in what follows. He was born at Dry Run, Pendleton county, West Virginia, September 18, 1866, and is of the fifth generation from the ancestor, John Calhoun, who founded the family in this part of what was then Virginia, and who was a first cousin of the distinguished statesman of South Carolina, once vice president of the United States, and for many years the leader of the democratic party, not only inthe South, but all over the country.
On May 28, 1889, Mr. Calhoun married in Highland county, Virginia, Miss Virginia (Catherine) Mullenax (1866-1944), a daughter of Henry Mullenax and his wife, formerly Elizabeth Calhoun, a daughter of Aaron Calhoun.
In 1900 Mr. Calhoun was elected prosecuting attorney on the democratic
ticker, and was re-elected four years later and served for a second term. In 1912 he was elected a member of the House of Delegates, and served for one term in the House. It was he who introduced a resolution to ratify the amendment to the National Constitution ratifying the election of United States senators by the people and another resolution to ratify the income tax amendment to the National Constitution. He also introduced a resolution to amend the constitution of West Virginia to provide for the initiative and referendum, and also one for the recall of officials, but the last two failed of passage. In the matter of assisting in local business enterprise, he organized the Pendleton County National Farm Loan Association, of which he is secretary-treasurer. He is a prominent layman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in fraternalcircles is well known as an Odd Fellow.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/pendleton/bios/calhoun.txt
EAGLE BURIAL GROUND at Upper Tract, Pendleton Co VA (WV).
His tombstone application was sent in by the Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun, 1866-1933 -see short bio below Wm Eagle's information
Revolutionary War
Continental Army
William Eagle
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MARRIAGE DATES FOR THIS WILLIAM EAGLE
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1823
County: Pendleton
State: Virginia
…….
West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1822
Marriage Place: Pendleton, West Virginia.
COL WM EAGLE & MARY ANN DAY had a son:
George Washington Eagle,
Born: 1824
Many show George Washington Eagle being "released" from a Union prison after his DEATH DATE! Do they have the wrong George Eagle? Tombstone 1862 death.
George Washington Eagle, 1824-1862, and his wife, Julia Ann Shreve,1825-1887, (Married 18 Oct 1849 in Pendleton Co VA/WV) had children from Sep 1852- 20 June 1861.
1850 PENDLETON CO VA CENSUS
# 283, Smoke Hole ,50th Dist, image 2 of 2, read 16 Aug 1850 by J. B. Mooman (?)
George Eagle,......25 farmer b. VA
Julia A Eagle,....... 23, b. VA
Mary A Eagle,...... 53, b. VA
West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about Mary Ann Eagle
Name:Mary Ann Eagle
[Mary Ann Day]
Birth Date:abt 1797
Death Date:26 Jan 1854
Death Place:Pendleton, West Virginia
Death Age:57
Race:White
Gender:Female
Father Name: Ezekel Day
Mother Name: Leah
FHL Film Number: 818557
"Smoke Hole,Virginia (now West Virginia):
Early settlers
The first Smoke Hole settlers followed quickly on the heels of the first in the South Branch valley, which arrived in the late 1740s. A man named Steele (given name now lost) was the first Smoke Holer, arriving sometime in the 1750s. He built a cabin near the (still standing) Palestine Church and his daughter Katie married another pioneer, George Full — the first wedding celebrated in the Canyon. Another young Steele daughter, Susie, out alone searching for a family
cow, fell victim to a wandering band of Native Americans. Her father found her scalped, she died soon after, and he buried her nearby on a small promontory still known as “Susie Hill”. George Full built his home and a grist mill in the same vicinity. The parents of Revolutionary War veteran WILLIAM EAGLE(1761–1848) arrived shortly afterward. (EAGLE returned after the war and is buried near the 300-foot-high crag that bears his name.) Another Revolutionary War veteran settled there in the years after the conflict, but he — Charles Bleachynden — had been one of the enemy: he was one of the Hessian soldiers (German mercenaries) surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 with Lord Cornwallis' forces.
The earliest settler families — the Steeles, Fulls, EAGLES, Coxes, Boars, Shreves, and Van Meters — were sustained by smallholder farming, supplemented by hunting and fishing. (In those days, available game included bison, elk and
puma.) Livestock, especially swine and sheep, were typically free-ranging and huckleberries and chestnuts were harvested from the wooded mountainsides in
quantity. Maple sugar, maple syrup and wild honey were all available with a minimum of effort. Fruit orchards were also harvested, but — owing to the inaccessibility of the community — only very infrequently was local produce
brought to market at nearby Petersburg or Franklin. This situation continued to prevail for several generations.
The origin of the name “Smoke Hole” is undocumented. Some old timers used to refer to the area as the "Smoke Holes”. The oldest explanation appears to be the story that Native Americans used a well-known cave in the gorge (Smoke Hole
Cave) for smoking meat; this cave has a room shaped like an inverted funnel with a hole at the apex through which smoke could escape and be seen from some distance. But it has also been suggested that a misty fog often lies along the river and ascends, thus evoking a "smoky hole", and that this is possibly the origin. A third popular story is that the fires of moonshiner's stills during
prohibition days (and before) gave the gorge its name. Longtime residents of the gorge have insisted that the Indian "smoke house" cave story is the only genuine
one and the only explanation that pre-dates the ones on the local state historical highway markers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Hole_Canyon
"WEST VIRGINIANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
Compiled by Ross B. Johnson
EAGLE (EAGLES), WILLIAM
SERVICE- VIRGINIA VA, NO. 20137 NO. S. 39480
ENLISTED, Pendleton County Virginia, December 24, 1776, under Captain Stead. He was with Washington's army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. Later he was transferred to Captain Kirkpatrick's, company of the Fourth Virginia which was commanded by Colonel James Wood and also by Colonel John Neville, who was a son-in-law of General Daniel Morgan. He was discharged, September 18, 1778, because of "inability," which tradition says was a broken arm, but he later rejoined the army and is believed to have been present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. *
His wife, Mary Ann, was aged 35 in 1830. They had a son, George Washington Eagle, aged 6 in 1820. Soldier received pension in 1830 and his widow applied for pension in 1853. Supporting claims made by Jeremiah O. Dell. The celebrated Eagle Rocks of the Smoke Hole section of the South Branch of West Virginia are named for this Revolutionary soldier. It is said that Eagle narrowly escaped death at one time while trying to capture some young eagles from the nest top of its lofty crag.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Cemetery: Seneca Smoke Hole
Location: Pendleton Co WV 42
The Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun:
“The History of West Virginia, Old and New”
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
Pg. 391, 392 & 393
BIO: Hon. Harrison M(ayberry) Calhoun, Pendleton Co., WV
(18 Sep 1866-3 Nov 1933)
(Son of Francis Marion Calhoun, 1842-1929 & Phoebe Catherine Harper 1846-1923)
Hon. Harrison M. Calhoun. To portray what manner of citizen and lawyer Harrison M. Calhoun undoubtedly is, how important are his services to the City of Franklin, the County of Pendleton and the State of West Virginia, and how ably and honorably he follows the profession of the, needs no friendly hand. They are matters of public knowledge, unassailable facts, and as such are merely stated in what follows. He was born at Dry Run, Pendleton county, West Virginia, September 18, 1866, and is of the fifth generation from the ancestor, John Calhoun, who founded the family in this part of what was then Virginia, and who was a first cousin of the distinguished statesman of South Carolina, once vice president of the United States, and for many years the leader of the democratic party, not only inthe South, but all over the country.
On May 28, 1889, Mr. Calhoun married in Highland county, Virginia, Miss Virginia (Catherine) Mullenax (1866-1944), a daughter of Henry Mullenax and his wife, formerly Elizabeth Calhoun, a daughter of Aaron Calhoun.
In 1900 Mr. Calhoun was elected prosecuting attorney on the democratic
ticker, and was re-elected four years later and served for a second term. In 1912 he was elected a member of the House of Delegates, and served for one term in the House. It was he who introduced a resolution to ratify the amendment to the National Constitution ratifying the election of United States senators by the people and another resolution to ratify the income tax amendment to the National Constitution. He also introduced a resolution to amend the constitution of West Virginia to provide for the initiative and referendum, and also one for the recall of officials, but the last two failed of passage. In the matter of assisting in local business enterprise, he organized the Pendleton County National Farm Loan Association, of which he is secretary-treasurer. He is a prominent layman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in fraternalcircles is well known as an Odd Fellow.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/pendleton/bios/calhoun.txt
Revolutionary War Soldier.∼This man's military tombstone application listed the place of burial as:
EAGLE BURIAL GROUND at Upper Tract, Pendleton Co VA (WV).
His tombstone application was sent in by the Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun, 1866-1933 -see short bio below Wm Eagle's information
Revolutionary War
Continental Army
William Eagle
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MARRIAGE DATES FOR THIS WILLIAM EAGLE
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1823
County: Pendleton
State: Virginia
…….
West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1822
Marriage Place: Pendleton, West Virginia.
COL WM EAGLE & MARY ANN DAY had a son:
George Washington Eagle,
Born: 1824
Many show George Washington Eagle being "released" from a Union prison after his DEATH DATE! Do they have the wrong George Eagle? Tombstone 1862 death.
George Washington Eagle, 1824-1862, and his wife, Julia Ann Shreve,1825-1887, (Married 18 Oct 1849 in Pendleton Co VA/WV) had children from Sep 1852- 20 June 1861.
1850 PENDLETON CO VA CENSUS
# 283, Smoke Hole ,50th Dist, image 2 of 2, read 16 Aug 1850 by J. B. Mooman (?)
George Eagle,......25 farmer b. VA
Julia A Eagle,....... 23, b. VA
Mary A Eagle,...... 53, b. VA
West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about Mary Ann Eagle
Name:Mary Ann Eagle
[Mary Ann Day]
Birth Date:abt 1797
Death Date:26 Jan 1854
Death Place:Pendleton, West Virginia
Death Age:57
Race:White
Gender:Female
Father Name: Ezekel Day
Mother Name: Leah
FHL Film Number: 818557
"Smoke Hole,Virginia (now West Virginia):
Early settlers
The first Smoke Hole settlers followed quickly on the heels of the first in the South Branch valley, which arrived in the late 1740s. A man named Steele (given name now lost) was the first Smoke Holer, arriving sometime in the 1750s. He built a cabin near the (still standing) Palestine Church and his daughter Katie married another pioneer, George Full — the first wedding celebrated in the Canyon. Another young Steele daughter, Susie, out alone searching for a family
cow, fell victim to a wandering band of Native Americans. Her father found her scalped, she died soon after, and he buried her nearby on a small promontory still known as “Susie Hill”. George Full built his home and a grist mill in the same vicinity. The parents of Revolutionary War veteran WILLIAM EAGLE(1761–1848) arrived shortly afterward. (EAGLE returned after the war and is buried near the 300-foot-high crag that bears his name.) Another Revolutionary War veteran settled there in the years after the conflict, but he — Charles Bleachynden — had been one of the enemy: he was one of the Hessian soldiers (German mercenaries) surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 with Lord Cornwallis' forces.
The earliest settler families — the Steeles, Fulls, EAGLES, Coxes, Boars, Shreves, and Van Meters — were sustained by smallholder farming, supplemented by hunting and fishing. (In those days, available game included bison, elk and
puma.) Livestock, especially swine and sheep, were typically free-ranging and huckleberries and chestnuts were harvested from the wooded mountainsides in
quantity. Maple sugar, maple syrup and wild honey were all available with a minimum of effort. Fruit orchards were also harvested, but — owing to the inaccessibility of the community — only very infrequently was local produce
brought to market at nearby Petersburg or Franklin. This situation continued to prevail for several generations.
The origin of the name “Smoke Hole” is undocumented. Some old timers used to refer to the area as the "Smoke Holes”. The oldest explanation appears to be the story that Native Americans used a well-known cave in the gorge (Smoke Hole
Cave) for smoking meat; this cave has a room shaped like an inverted funnel with a hole at the apex through which smoke could escape and be seen from some distance. But it has also been suggested that a misty fog often lies along the river and ascends, thus evoking a "smoky hole", and that this is possibly the origin. A third popular story is that the fires of moonshiner's stills during
prohibition days (and before) gave the gorge its name. Longtime residents of the gorge have insisted that the Indian "smoke house" cave story is the only genuine
one and the only explanation that pre-dates the ones on the local state historical highway markers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Hole_Canyon
"WEST VIRGINIANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
Compiled by Ross B. Johnson
EAGLE (EAGLES), WILLIAM
SERVICE- VIRGINIA VA, NO. 20137 NO. S. 39480
ENLISTED, Pendleton County Virginia, December 24, 1776, under Captain Stead. He was with Washington's army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. Later he was transferred to Captain Kirkpatrick's, company of the Fourth Virginia which was commanded by Colonel James Wood and also by Colonel John Neville, who was a son-in-law of General Daniel Morgan. He was discharged, September 18, 1778, because of "inability," which tradition says was a broken arm, but he later rejoined the army and is believed to have been present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. *
His wife, Mary Ann, was aged 35 in 1830. They had a son, George Washington Eagle, aged 6 in 1820. Soldier received pension in 1830 and his widow applied for pension in 1853. Supporting claims made by Jeremiah O. Dell. The celebrated Eagle Rocks of the Smoke Hole section of the South Branch of West Virginia are named for this Revolutionary soldier. It is said that Eagle narrowly escaped death at one time while trying to capture some young eagles from the nest top of its lofty crag.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Cemetery: Seneca Smoke Hole
Location: Pendleton Co WV 42
The Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun:
“The History of West Virginia, Old and New”
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
Pg. 391, 392 & 393
BIO: Hon. Harrison M(ayberry) Calhoun, Pendleton Co., WV
(18 Sep 1866-3 Nov 1933)
(Son of Francis Marion Calhoun, 1842-1929 & Phoebe Catherine Harper 1846-1923)
Hon. Harrison M. Calhoun. To portray what manner of citizen and lawyer Harrison M. Calhoun undoubtedly is, how important are his services to the City of Franklin, the County of Pendleton and the State of West Virginia, and how ably and honorably he follows the profession of the, needs no friendly hand. They are matters of public knowledge, unassailable facts, and as such are merely stated in what follows. He was born at Dry Run, Pendleton county, West Virginia, September 18, 1866, and is of the fifth generation from the ancestor, John Calhoun, who founded the family in this part of what was then Virginia, and who was a first cousin of the distinguished statesman of South Carolina, once vice president of the United States, and for many years the leader of the democratic party, not only inthe South, but all over the country.
On May 28, 1889, Mr. Calhoun married in Highland county, Virginia, Miss Virginia (Catherine) Mullenax (1866-1944), a daughter of Henry Mullenax and his wife, formerly Elizabeth Calhoun, a daughter of Aaron Calhoun.
In 1900 Mr. Calhoun was elected prosecuting attorney on the democratic
ticker, and was re-elected four years later and served for a second term. In 1912 he was elected a member of the House of Delegates, and served for one term in the House. It was he who introduced a resolution to ratify the amendment to the National Constitution ratifying the election of United States senators by the people and another resolution to ratify the income tax amendment to the National Constitution. He also introduced a resolution to amend the constitution of West Virginia to provide for the initiative and referendum, and also one for the recall of officials, but the last two failed of passage. In the matter of assisting in local business enterprise, he organized the Pendleton County National Farm Loan Association, of which he is secretary-treasurer. He is a prominent layman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in fraternalcircles is well known as an Odd Fellow.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/pendleton/bios/calhoun.txt
EAGLE BURIAL GROUND at Upper Tract, Pendleton Co VA (WV).
His tombstone application was sent in by the Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun, 1866-1933 -see short bio below Wm Eagle's information
Revolutionary War
Continental Army
William Eagle
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MARRIAGE DATES FOR THIS WILLIAM EAGLE
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1823
County: Pendleton
State: Virginia
…….
West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann DAY
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1822
Marriage Place: Pendleton, West Virginia.
COL WM EAGLE & MARY ANN DAY had a son:
George Washington Eagle,
Born: 1824
Many show George Washington Eagle being "released" from a Union prison after his DEATH DATE! Do they have the wrong George Eagle? Tombstone 1862 death.
George Washington Eagle, 1824-1862, and his wife, Julia Ann Shreve,1825-1887, (Married 18 Oct 1849 in Pendleton Co VA/WV) had children from Sep 1852- 20 June 1861.
1850 PENDLETON CO VA CENSUS
# 283, Smoke Hole ,50th Dist, image 2 of 2, read 16 Aug 1850 by J. B. Mooman (?)
George Eagle,......25 farmer b. VA
Julia A Eagle,....... 23, b. VA
Mary A Eagle,...... 53, b. VA
West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about Mary Ann Eagle
Name:Mary Ann Eagle
[Mary Ann Day]
Birth Date:abt 1797
Death Date:26 Jan 1854
Death Place:Pendleton, West Virginia
Death Age:57
Race:White
Gender:Female
Father Name: Ezekel Day
Mother Name: Leah
FHL Film Number: 818557
"Smoke Hole,Virginia (now West Virginia):
Early settlers
The first Smoke Hole settlers followed quickly on the heels of the first in the South Branch valley, which arrived in the late 1740s. A man named Steele (given name now lost) was the first Smoke Holer, arriving sometime in the 1750s. He built a cabin near the (still standing) Palestine Church and his daughter Katie married another pioneer, George Full — the first wedding celebrated in the Canyon. Another young Steele daughter, Susie, out alone searching for a family
cow, fell victim to a wandering band of Native Americans. Her father found her scalped, she died soon after, and he buried her nearby on a small promontory still known as “Susie Hill”. George Full built his home and a grist mill in the same vicinity. The parents of Revolutionary War veteran WILLIAM EAGLE(1761–1848) arrived shortly afterward. (EAGLE returned after the war and is buried near the 300-foot-high crag that bears his name.) Another Revolutionary War veteran settled there in the years after the conflict, but he — Charles Bleachynden — had been one of the enemy: he was one of the Hessian soldiers (German mercenaries) surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 with Lord Cornwallis' forces.
The earliest settler families — the Steeles, Fulls, EAGLES, Coxes, Boars, Shreves, and Van Meters — were sustained by smallholder farming, supplemented by hunting and fishing. (In those days, available game included bison, elk and
puma.) Livestock, especially swine and sheep, were typically free-ranging and huckleberries and chestnuts were harvested from the wooded mountainsides in
quantity. Maple sugar, maple syrup and wild honey were all available with a minimum of effort. Fruit orchards were also harvested, but — owing to the inaccessibility of the community — only very infrequently was local produce
brought to market at nearby Petersburg or Franklin. This situation continued to prevail for several generations.
The origin of the name “Smoke Hole” is undocumented. Some old timers used to refer to the area as the "Smoke Holes”. The oldest explanation appears to be the story that Native Americans used a well-known cave in the gorge (Smoke Hole
Cave) for smoking meat; this cave has a room shaped like an inverted funnel with a hole at the apex through which smoke could escape and be seen from some distance. But it has also been suggested that a misty fog often lies along the river and ascends, thus evoking a "smoky hole", and that this is possibly the origin. A third popular story is that the fires of moonshiner's stills during
prohibition days (and before) gave the gorge its name. Longtime residents of the gorge have insisted that the Indian "smoke house" cave story is the only genuine
one and the only explanation that pre-dates the ones on the local state historical highway markers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Hole_Canyon
"WEST VIRGINIANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
Compiled by Ross B. Johnson
EAGLE (EAGLES), WILLIAM
SERVICE- VIRGINIA VA, NO. 20137 NO. S. 39480
ENLISTED, Pendleton County Virginia, December 24, 1776, under Captain Stead. He was with Washington's army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. Later he was transferred to Captain Kirkpatrick's, company of the Fourth Virginia which was commanded by Colonel James Wood and also by Colonel John Neville, who was a son-in-law of General Daniel Morgan. He was discharged, September 18, 1778, because of "inability," which tradition says was a broken arm, but he later rejoined the army and is believed to have been present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. *
His wife, Mary Ann, was aged 35 in 1830. They had a son, George Washington Eagle, aged 6 in 1820. Soldier received pension in 1830 and his widow applied for pension in 1853. Supporting claims made by Jeremiah O. Dell. The celebrated Eagle Rocks of the Smoke Hole section of the South Branch of West Virginia are named for this Revolutionary soldier. It is said that Eagle narrowly escaped death at one time while trying to capture some young eagles from the nest top of its lofty crag.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about William Eagle
Name: William Eagle
Cemetery: Seneca Smoke Hole
Location: Pendleton Co WV 42
The Honorable Harrison Mayberry Calhoun:
“The History of West Virginia, Old and New”
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
Pg. 391, 392 & 393
BIO: Hon. Harrison M(ayberry) Calhoun, Pendleton Co., WV
(18 Sep 1866-3 Nov 1933)
(Son of Francis Marion Calhoun, 1842-1929 & Phoebe Catherine Harper 1846-1923)
Hon. Harrison M. Calhoun. To portray what manner of citizen and lawyer Harrison M. Calhoun undoubtedly is, how important are his services to the City of Franklin, the County of Pendleton and the State of West Virginia, and how ably and honorably he follows the profession of the, needs no friendly hand. They are matters of public knowledge, unassailable facts, and as such are merely stated in what follows. He was born at Dry Run, Pendleton county, West Virginia, September 18, 1866, and is of the fifth generation from the ancestor, John Calhoun, who founded the family in this part of what was then Virginia, and who was a first cousin of the distinguished statesman of South Carolina, once vice president of the United States, and for many years the leader of the democratic party, not only inthe South, but all over the country.
On May 28, 1889, Mr. Calhoun married in Highland county, Virginia, Miss Virginia (Catherine) Mullenax (1866-1944), a daughter of Henry Mullenax and his wife, formerly Elizabeth Calhoun, a daughter of Aaron Calhoun.
In 1900 Mr. Calhoun was elected prosecuting attorney on the democratic
ticker, and was re-elected four years later and served for a second term. In 1912 he was elected a member of the House of Delegates, and served for one term in the House. It was he who introduced a resolution to ratify the amendment to the National Constitution ratifying the election of United States senators by the people and another resolution to ratify the income tax amendment to the National Constitution. He also introduced a resolution to amend the constitution of West Virginia to provide for the initiative and referendum, and also one for the recall of officials, but the last two failed of passage. In the matter of assisting in local business enterprise, he organized the Pendleton County National Farm Loan Association, of which he is secretary-treasurer. He is a prominent layman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in fraternalcircles is well known as an Odd Fellow.
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