My Moran line of the family came from Ireland in abt 1700 - 1710, migrated into Southern Maryland in Hughesville, Charles County area.

After a few generations, three Brothers - Robert, Peter and Hezekiah Moran migrated into Montgomery County, Maryland abt 100 years later to an area known today as Sunshine, MD. There is a family story that during the war of 1812, when the British landed in Benedict, MD - they marched thru the family's land in Charles County, MD. in 1814 on their way to burn Washington, DC.

During the bombardment of Fort McHenry (1814), the family's could hear the "Bombs Bursting in the Air" from their farms in the Sunshine, MD region.

A few years later I found land records where the 3 Moran brothers started buying Land in 1817 in Monongalia County, Virginia (now WV) in the Fairmont area - today it is Marion and Taylor County, WV. My ancestor Robert Moran had a farm in the White Day Creek - Bunner's Ridge area of Marion County and is buried in the Peter Moran Cemetery up on top of the mountain where they lived. At one time there was a small school in the area known as The Moran School. In the Marion County Library -Genealogy Room in Fairmont, WV , there is a small book (abt 100 pages) called "The History of White Day Creek" that has the history on this area. Also there is a copy of the "Moran Exodus From Offaly" book published by Patrick Edward Moran, a book on the Moran Family History from late 1600 era.

From there as the generations expanded, many ancestors migrated into many other areas of WV including the counties of Marion, Monongalia, Tucker, Barbour, Randolph and Upshur . Keep in mind when researching family research in West Virginia today that WV became a state on 20 Jun 1863 (research prior should be listed as Virginia). Randolph County was formed in 1787 from Harrison County, Marion County was formed from Monongalia County in 1842, Fairmont was formed in 1843, Taylor County was formed in 1844 from 4 different County's, Tucker County was formed from Randolph County in 1856. There are charts that shows more detail for other City's & Counties available on line - SEE (WEST VIRIGINIA COUNTY FORMATION TIME LINE & VIRGINIA HISTORICAL COUNTIES)

Today I spend most of my time researching family history in the Randolph, Tucker, Taylor, Monongalia and Marion County areas. I have walked thru many cemetery's taking a lot of headstone pictures over the years.

I currently live in Frederick County, MD, just about 75 miles from where my 1st ancestor came into America and about 30 miles from where the 3 brothers later lived. About 40 years ago, I was driving by one of the family's farms, commuting to work for many years and didn't know it was part of my family history until abt 20 years ago.

In September 2017, my wife and I spent a week taking pictures in 12 different small cemeteries in just Randolph and Tucker county's, combined we took abt 3,000 photo's . So over the winter months of 2017-2018, I worked on sharing many of these pictures on Find A Grave with the hope that other family's can find some of their ancestors also. In November 2021, I spent 3 days taking 900 +/- photo's of Veterans headstones in West Virginia National Cemetery in Pruntytown, Taylor County, WV. This cemetery is the new one, it opened in Sep 1987, the old "Grafton National Cemetery" is just 5 miles east of the new one, there are many errors as to who is buried in the 2 cemetery's. On November 1, 2022, I made another trip (4 days) back to Central WV where I took over 2,000 pictures in MT Zion & MT Nebo Cemetery's in Marion County, I will be busy this winter going thru all of these pictures and posting then on FAG & Ancestry. I have recently made a trip back to Central WV (Sept 2023), visiting MT Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, Marion County for 4 days, taking about another 2,100 headstone photo's. I will be spending months to come working on this project.

If I have listed a family member of yours, please contact me with your family connection and I will consider transferring the Memorial to you.

My Moran line of the family came from Ireland in abt 1700 - 1710, migrated into Southern Maryland in Hughesville, Charles County area.

After a few generations, three Brothers - Robert, Peter and Hezekiah Moran migrated into Montgomery County, Maryland abt 100 years later to an area known today as Sunshine, MD. There is a family story that during the war of 1812, when the British landed in Benedict, MD - they marched thru the family's land in Charles County, MD. in 1814 on their way to burn Washington, DC.

During the bombardment of Fort McHenry (1814), the family's could hear the "Bombs Bursting in the Air" from their farms in the Sunshine, MD region.

A few years later I found land records where the 3 Moran brothers started buying Land in 1817 in Monongalia County, Virginia (now WV) in the Fairmont area - today it is Marion and Taylor County, WV. My ancestor Robert Moran had a farm in the White Day Creek - Bunner's Ridge area of Marion County and is buried in the Peter Moran Cemetery up on top of the mountain where they lived. At one time there was a small school in the area known as The Moran School. In the Marion County Library -Genealogy Room in Fairmont, WV , there is a small book (abt 100 pages) called "The History of White Day Creek" that has the history on this area. Also there is a copy of the "Moran Exodus From Offaly" book published by Patrick Edward Moran, a book on the Moran Family History from late 1600 era.

From there as the generations expanded, many ancestors migrated into many other areas of WV including the counties of Marion, Monongalia, Tucker, Barbour, Randolph and Upshur . Keep in mind when researching family research in West Virginia today that WV became a state on 20 Jun 1863 (research prior should be listed as Virginia). Randolph County was formed in 1787 from Harrison County, Marion County was formed from Monongalia County in 1842, Fairmont was formed in 1843, Taylor County was formed in 1844 from 4 different County's, Tucker County was formed from Randolph County in 1856. There are charts that shows more detail for other City's & Counties available on line - SEE (WEST VIRIGINIA COUNTY FORMATION TIME LINE & VIRGINIA HISTORICAL COUNTIES)

Today I spend most of my time researching family history in the Randolph, Tucker, Taylor, Monongalia and Marion County areas. I have walked thru many cemetery's taking a lot of headstone pictures over the years.

I currently live in Frederick County, MD, just about 75 miles from where my 1st ancestor came into America and about 30 miles from where the 3 brothers later lived. About 40 years ago, I was driving by one of the family's farms, commuting to work for many years and didn't know it was part of my family history until abt 20 years ago.

In September 2017, my wife and I spent a week taking pictures in 12 different small cemeteries in just Randolph and Tucker county's, combined we took abt 3,000 photo's . So over the winter months of 2017-2018, I worked on sharing many of these pictures on Find A Grave with the hope that other family's can find some of their ancestors also. In November 2021, I spent 3 days taking 900 +/- photo's of Veterans headstones in West Virginia National Cemetery in Pruntytown, Taylor County, WV. This cemetery is the new one, it opened in Sep 1987, the old "Grafton National Cemetery" is just 5 miles east of the new one, there are many errors as to who is buried in the 2 cemetery's. On November 1, 2022, I made another trip (4 days) back to Central WV where I took over 2,000 pictures in MT Zion & MT Nebo Cemetery's in Marion County, I will be busy this winter going thru all of these pictures and posting then on FAG & Ancestry. I have recently made a trip back to Central WV (Sept 2023), visiting MT Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, Marion County for 4 days, taking about another 2,100 headstone photo's. I will be spending months to come working on this project.

If I have listed a family member of yours, please contact me with your family connection and I will consider transferring the Memorial to you.