Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia by Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D. 1992
Frederick Coumty, Virginia; Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley 1730-1830 by Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D. 1995
Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia by Cecil O'Dell 1995
p.8 Frederick County Ministerial Bonds, Baptist: #5 John F. Rynoldson was licensed on Feb. 5, 1844. Bondsmen: James W. Mason and David W. Barton.
p.30 Persons Receiving Pensions Under the Act of 1888, The 1894 list: ...Jonathan M. Mason....
p.35 Berkeley County Mills:
Saw Mill Owners: ...Samuel Light....
Merchant's Mills: ...Samuel Light...James Mason, Jr., ....
Ferries: Peter Light & son.
Frederick County Mills: The following mill owners represented not only the area which is still in Frederick County, but also present day Clarke County, Va., plus a portion of Warrent County, Va., both of which were formed in 1836. County commissioners did not distinguish between grist and merchant mills. An 1820 map, by John Wood, shows the location of many of these mills. A copy is in the library of Congress, and in the Handley Library, Archives Section, Winchester, Va. The following list is for the 1813-14 period.
Saw Mill Owners: ...Henry Babb (two saw mills), Joseph Baker,...Abner Clark,...John Clark in 1813 (and John Clark's heirs in 1814),...Henry Groves,...William Gore,...
Grist Mill Owners: ...Henry M. Babb,...John Clark's heirs (two grist mills),...Jacob Null,...David Lupton,...Jacob Null (on Isaac's Creek),...
Historical and Genealogical Records [highly abstracted, not verbatim]
p.104 Jacob Allemong, b. 1754 Northampton PA, d. 8 Mar 1808 VA Fredk. wf Elizabeth Rinker d/o Casper and Maria (Schultz) Rinker, Elizabeth b. 6 Nov 1761 PA, d. 1848. A record located in VA State Archives in Fredk "Inquisition of Dead Bodies" stated that Jacob Allemong was found dead along a roadside on Timber Ridge in Mar 1808, "in the 32 year of the Commonwealth." A jury, composed of neighbors, apptd to study cause of death, determined natural causes, "died by the visitation of God." Presiding JP John McCoole, jurors: Patrick Reynolds, Henry Heironimus, Thomas Collins, Reason Mason, Jacob Grove, Henry Grove, John Newland, Jacob Null, Patrick Reynolds, William Dawson, Joseph Ware, Samuel Wright, Jacob Heironimus. inquisition held 23 Mar 1808. [author comment:] The above should be verified because of a possible "mix-up" on notes taken hurriedly.
p.158 family info on John Dunlap (1799-1881)...dau Mercy Dunlap b. 24 Dec 1833, d. 13 Sep 1909, md. William B. Mason (1830-1909). They lvd in Hampshire WVA near Yellow Springs. son Aaron J. Dunlap b. 19 Jan 1837, d. 1913, md. 4 Apr 1859 Hannah E. Shane (1837-1919) d/o John and Catherine (Mason) Shane. dau Flora Ann Dunlap b. 16 Jun 1838, d. 28 Apr 1925, md. 10 Oct 1861 John F. Shane s/o John and Catherine (Mason) Shane. They were buried in the Quaker graveyard at Gainsboro, Fredk.
p.211 Mary Jackson widow of Benjamin Jackson d. Sep 1890 ae 98. Dau Emily Mason reported the death to Hampshire Co Cthse in Romney WVA.
p.221 James M. Kern s/o John T. and Rebecca (Mason) Kern d. 12 Oct 1876 in LA New Orleans. b. 1838 VA Romney. Source: South Branch Intelligencer.
p.229 John William Kerns s/o Annie Kerns (of Isaac of John Kerns) [sic], b. 12 Jan 1874, d. 7 Jan 1960, md. Letha Mason d/o James Mason. She b. 16 May 1884, d. 29 Apr 1963. They lvd Sandy Hollow, Bloomery Distr, Hampshire, and were bur Bloomery Presb Chur graveyard.
p.264-265:
--John Mason b. 22 Feb 1753 VA Berkeley, d. 16 Aug 1805 PA Fayette. wf Hannah Frost b. 25 Dec 1751, d. aft 1805 PA Fayette. He was soldier of RevWar. Source DAR applic recds.
--Jonathan Mason b. 20 Jan 1793, d. 17 Nov 1860. lvd Timber Ridge area, bur Heironimus Graveyard at Whitacre VA. md. 20 Mar 1822 Helen Braithwaite, by Rev Joseph Dalby, in Fredk.
--Reason Mason Jr. b. ca1793, d. 12 Sep 1837 VA Fredk. md. 14 Nov 1821 Mary Dick d/o Peter Dick, in Fredk. "The exact composition of his family unit is not known at this time." at least one son William C. Mason b. 14 Nov 1824 Fredk, d. 6 Nov 1888 in Grant Co WVA, md. Mary M. Lewis. Two of Reason Jr's chn were bound out as indentured svts 5 Oct 1839. dau Nancy Mason b. 1 Nov 1827, bd to Jacob Null of Cross Junction "to spin, sew and knit". dau Elizabeth Ann Mason b. 15 Mar 1829, bd to Aaron Largent of Acorn Hill "to spin, sew and knit". "These indentured servant records are located in the Virginia State Archives (restricted access). Contact: Mr. William D. Mason, 633 Bridger Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80909."
--William Mason, a black slave, d. Aug 1859 ae 81, ill 4 days, d. of "old age". Source: 1860 Mortality Schedule Fredk.
--William Mason b. 2 May 1826, d. 4 Apr 1878 Fredk. wf Lavina b. 12 Dec 1834, d. 16 Jul 1912. Source: Tombstone in Timber Ridge Prim Bapt Chur, located near Reynold's Store in northern Fredk.
[N.B. these are MINIMAL abstracts leading to the Mason ref, much more lineage avail on the other names.]
p.142 Casper Rogers family: child #3 dau Harriet Rogers b. 1843, md.1 Mr. Sidebottom, md2 William Mason (1806-1880) s/o Andrew and Mary (Everett) Mason. child #5 son Evan Rogers b. 26 Jan 1845, d. 18 Nov 1905 KS Arnold, md. 2 Apr 1874 Martha Jane Mason d/o Josephus and Rachel (Dalby) Mason, they lvd in Shockleysville community of Fredk before moving to Trego Co KS in 1885.
p.315 John Grove of Back Creek Valley family, wf Mary: son Henry Grove md. Mary Lawyer. their son John Grove b. 1801, d. aft 1860, md. 3 Jan 1826 Isabel Mason, who was possibly a dau of Reason Mason Sr., they purchased the Henry Grove farm fr the other heirs. continues with their children. [much more info here re other Groves of this line]. Footnote on the marriage date says "The property north of Jacob Grove was conveyed to Robert Rogers and Reson Mason in 1807, per Frederick County Deed Book 29, page 122." [That deed is not there, but 32-487 may be related, Reason selling a moiety to Rogers.]
p.335 John Kerns (1760-1846) family, wf Elizabeth Light. ch #2 Frederick b. 1789, md. Margaret Kesler. their son Jasper Nathan William Kerns b. 1840, d. 19 May 1911, md. 30 Jan 1865 Margaret Ann Critton, they lvd Critton Hollow, he's bur. Kerns graveyard on a hill above the house. their dau Sarah Annie E. Kerns b. 28 may 1876 Critton Hollow, d. 8 Aug 1928, md. 19 Jun 1907 in MD Cumberland to Roswell Augustus Smith s/o Joseph F. and Mary E. (Adams) Smith, he b. 14 Aug 1861, d. 25 Feb 1936, they are bur in Woodrow Cem in Paw Paw WVA. their son Robert Nathaniel Smith b. 5 Nov 1910 near Paw Paw WVA, md. Elizabeth Mason d/o Arthur and Ida (Lewis) Mason.
p.337-339 Isaac Kerns (1800-16 Jul 1872) wf Elizabeth Light:
John Sanford Kerns s/o Isaac Kerns and Elizabeth Light, b. 28 Apg 1837, d. 18 Feb 1917, md. 8 Mar 1847 Mary Frances Allebaugh, they lvd in Sandy Hollow on the ancestral John Kerns place, both bur in Bloomery Presb Chur Graveyard.
ch of John Sanford Kerns incl:
son John William "Will" Kerns b. 1874, d. 1960, his family lived in Sandy Hollow, Hampshire Co. Will md. 28 mar 1899 Letha May Mason, 7 chn: Clyde 1903-1970, Martha, Harvey, Homer, Bessie, Roy, Lee.
dau Sarah "Ollie" Bell Kerns b. 1879, md. 1 Jul 1897 Abe Clayton Mason, chn: Norval, Brown, Annie, Joshua.
Isaac Jefferson Kerns s/o Isaac and Elizabeth (Kester) Kerns b. 1861 Sandy Hollow, Bloomery Distr, Hampshire, d. 1948 Winchester, md. 5 May 1892 in Hampshire to Emma Elizabeth Alabaugh s/o Mary Frances Alabaugh (who later md. John Sanford Kerns). Emma b. 1871, d. 1956, both bur Bloomery Presb Church graveyard. their son Emmett Bruce Kerns b. 1 May 1897, d. 25 Jun 1893 [sic, is it 1993?], md. Lela Weir, they are bur in Chestnut Grove graveyard in Fredk. Lawrence Kerns s/o Emmett Bruce and Lela md. Janet Mason, they live in Winchester and he is a musician.
p.356-357 George Kerns Sr (1772-1854), lvd Timber Ridge, md.1 Elizabeth Reid (mo of all chn), md.2 Lydia Trowbridge.
Nathan Kerns s/o George and Elizabeth (Reid) Kerns, b. 3 Feb 1801, d. 14 Jul 1872 in Ritchie Co WVA, md. Elizabeth Parish (4 Dec 1803-4 May 1865), lvd Parishville in Fredk before moving to Ritchie. Mahala Kerns d/o Nathan and Elizabeth (Parish) Kerns, b. 5 Dec 1823 Fredk, d. 3 Jul 1865 in Ritchie WVA, md. Horatio J. Mason (1821-10 Feb 1867 in Ritchie), they had 6 chn.
Thomas Kerns s/o George and Elizabeth (Reid) Kerns, b. 26 Sep 1808, d. 5 Jun 1868 at Gore VA, md. Mary Elizabeth Noel, he was a farmer in vicinity of Ebenezer Christian Church. their dau Mariah b. 1845, md. 6 Feb 1868 James Franklin Braithwaite s/o William H. and Mary C. (Mason) Braithwaite.
p.368 The Clark Fam of Isaac's Creek:
gen 1 Abner Clark Sr (1729-28 May 1803) md. Hannah Gilbert on 3 Jan 1760 in PA, settled Fredk near Peter Babb at Isaac's Ck.
gen 2 son Abner Clark Jr (1772-1857) md. 29 Jun 1805 Isabella Ware (1779-Oct 1869
gen 3 son Sampson Babb Clark (28 Mar 1810-11 Jun 1886), md.1 Mary Null on 18 Dec 1831, md.2 Sarah E. Peacemaker on 31 Oct 1865 d/o Jacob and Margaret (Smith) Peacemaker.
gen 4 dau Matilda Clark md. Mr. Mason
p.389 Jacob Allemong b. 1754 PA Northampton, d. 8 Mar 1808 Fredk, srved as a wagonmaster in Cont Line of VA in RevWar. was a shoemaker. md. ca 1780 Elizabeth Rinker (6 Nov 1761-1848) d/o Casper and Maria (Schultz) Rinker, they lvd N of Cross Junction, on W sd of present day US Rge 522. A record located in VA State Archives in Fredk "Inquisition of Dead Bodies" stated that Jacob Allemong was found dead along a roadside on Timber Ridge in Mar 1808, "in the 32 year of the Commonwealth." A jury, composed of neighbors, apptd to study cause of death, determined natural causes, "died by the visitation of God." Presiding JP John McCoole, jurors: Patrick Reynolds, Henry Heironimus, Thomas Collins, Reason Mason, Jacob Grove, Henry Grove, John Newland, Jacob Null, Patrick Reynolds, William Dawson, Joseph Ware, Samuel Wright, Jacob Heironimus. inquisition held 23 Mar 1808. [in his other book, Kerns notes to re-check this inquisition info]
p.392 William Braithwaite, English Emigrant, b. 1752 London, d. 13 Jul 1831, srvd RevWar, md. Catherine Brookover (d. ca 1845) d/o Jacob and Mary, on 18 May 1786 in Middletown VA, settled near Whitacre in NW section of Fredk, but in Heironimus Graveyard.
gen 2 son Benjamin Braithwaite b. 28 Aug 1786, d. 11 Sep 1871, md. 7 Nov 1824 Maria Hoffman, b. ca 1802, d. 26 Jun 1871. Benj srved War of 1812, farmed in Back Creek Valley.
gen 3 son William Harrison Braithwaite b. 3 Nov 1825, d. ca 1864, md. Mary Catherine Mason d/o Jonathan L. and Eleanor Helen (Braithwaite) Mason, his first cousin.
p.400 same family as above
gen 2 Eleanor Helen Braithwaite (d/o William and Catherine (Brookover) Braithwaite), b. 25 Jan 1801, d. 17 Sep 1896, md. 22 Mar 1822 Fredk to Jonathan L. Mason, they are bur Heironimus Cem at Whitacre.
p.423 John P. Whitacre, s/o Jonas and Mary (Kerns) Whitacre, b. 10 Mar 1826, d. 28 Oct 1880, md.1 Eliza Mason b. 10 Oct 1 825, d. 26 Jun 1876, md.2 Susan Catherine Luttrell b. 2 Jun 1849, d. 19 Mar 1915.
p.496 John Dunlap (9 Aug 1799-19 Feb 1881), md. Eliza McKee (24 Dec 1807-17 Aug 1893)
dau Mercy "Massie" A. Dunlap b. 24 Dec 1833, d. 13 Sep 1909, md. William B. Mason (1830-1909).
dau Flora Ann Dunlap b. 16 Jun 1838, d. 28 Apr 1925, md. 10 Oct 1861 John F. Shane s/o John and Catherine (Mason) Shane. John F. Shane b. 20 Jun 1840, d. 8 Oct 1915.
p.508 Mercy Dunlap Mason, md. William B. Mason, carpenter, they lvd on 78a farm near Yellow Springs, Hampshire. both parents and their youngest child d. 1909 [author wonders what disease?], bur Shiloh Cem in Hampshire WVA. chn:
1. Hiram Lycurgus "Kerg" Mason (30 Apr 1855-7 Jul 1912), md. 29 Apr 1879 Nancy Virginia Frank d/o Charles Wesley and Mary Ann (Brill) Frank (27 May 1859-5 Sep 1950), Kerg was a carpenter in Yellow Springs, they had 7 chn.
2. Charles Edward Mason (1856-1935), md. 29 Apr 1879 in Hampshire to Alice Amanda E. Brill d/o John and Cinderella (Cooper) Brill. they lved near yellow Springs, bur Hebron Chur Cem at Intermont, on the mt road betw High View and Yellow Springs.
3. John W. Mason 1865-1943
4. Samuel T. Mason (13 Mar 1867-27 May 1943), md. Bettie G., b. 12 Jun 1869-9 Oct 1953), lvd Hampshire.
5. Julius B. Mason b. 1870
6. Lilly A. Mason b. 1872, md. 9 Jun 1897 Robert F. Brill s/o Betty Brill, he was a widower.
7. Ella M. Mason (5 Nov 1875-10 Jun 1909), unmd.
p.509 Aaron J. Dunlap s/o John and Eliza (McKee) Dunlap, much info, md. 4 Apr 1859 Hannah E. Shane (19 Dec 1837-19 Mar 1919) d/o John and Catherine (Mason) Shane. names chn.
p.513 John Wesley Dunlap s/o John and Eliza (McKee) Dunlap, b. 8 Jan 1841 Fredk, d. 27 Jun 1918 KS Kansas City, md. 5 Feb 1870 in Muncie IN to Sarah Ann Garrard s/o Harvey and Hannah (Gustin) Garrard, b. 12 Jun 1850, d. 7 Jun 1932. son Jeremiah Ottawa Dunlap (6 Nov 1870-22 Dec 1937), much info, trip back to VA and talked with several people incl Lillie (Mason) Brill
p.527 "Genealogical Scraps: A Search for More Settler Families and Further Research Needed". list of names author would have wished to include: ...Luttrell...Light...Mason...Baker...Everett...Heironimus...et al.
p.548-552 Shane Family: William Shehen, b. a 1774, md. 16 Sep 1800 Hannah Light. tombstone in Back Creek Quaker Cem, William Shane d. 14 Oct 1814. Hannah Light prob d/o Frederick Light [yes, doc'd]. She md.2 17 Mar 1818 to Rezin Mason. Rezin md.2 14 Oct 1828 Mary Dick. [this is a melding of Reason Sr. and Jr.]. These fams lvd in vicinity of Pughtown and Acorn Hill in NW Fredk. chn named, son John Shane (1803-30 Mar 1864), md. 20 Dec 1821 Catherine mason (1803-10 May 1882), they are bur Back Creek Quaker Cem. John was a carpenter. names their chn.
also dau Margaret Shane md. 14 May 1829 Andrew Mason
p.552 Sirbaugh family. Maria Catherine Sirbaugh b. 1844, md. Martin Mason. She's d/o David and Eliza J. (Kerns) Sirbaugh. David is s/o Henry (b. 1796) and Nancy Sirbaugh. Henry s/o Jacob and Mollie (Anderson) Sirbaugh Sr.
p.560 The Dick family. difficult family, everywhere, no Bibles, says there may be errors in what's presented here. Peter Dick Sr b. PA Chester, d. 1790 Fredk, md. Barbara, 7 chn. Peter Dick Jr. md. 28 Jul 1795 Nancy Garner, their dau Mary Dick md. 14 Oct 1828 Rezin Mason [this is Rezin Jr.].
p.4 mention Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, British surveyors 1767 who helped in dividing N&S [i.e. Mason-Dixon]
p.173 descr Thomas Lowe land and then to Thomas Mason, land is west of Bunker Hill, WVA on Berkeley Co WVA Highway 51/5 west to Highway 24/3
p.197 Frost family, last paragraph: Sons Jacob and Amos Frost were willed the 455a and 61a tracts in Clarke Co VA. Their mother Hannah, wf/o William Sr. was to recv income fr the two tracts. William listed 7 daus in his will: Frances, Elizabeth, Martha, Ellen, Anna, Mary (wf/o Jacob Larew in KY by 1807) and Hannah (wf/o John Mason). source: Bk4, p.323, Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch/Irish Settlement in VA v.2 p.130 Judgments.
p.209 Mason family: Thomas Mason (b. ca 1706) "lived on the east side of Opechon Creek about 1736 or 1737" and for several years afterward "near present-day Middleway, West Virginia." Andrew Hampton attempted to sell him a tract of land, but they could not agree on the price. [source: Hite/Fairfax Lawsuit, British Copy, Hunter McKay Extractred Copy, p.1613]. then descr the Lowe land transactions, land west of Bunker Hill....[see above location]. ends with "A Thomas Mason was taxed in East Marlboro Township, Chester County, PA in 1734."
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