Hanson Veatch + Elizabeth Bean J. Guy Veatch said they were married in Hardy County, Virginia6 (now West ) (WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I, pp. 168-1701)

Hardy County, Virginia, was formed from the southern part of Hampshire County, Virginia, effective 1 Feb 1786;2p24 was formed in 1863 from several north and western Virginia counties, including Hardy County. The western half of Hardy County became Grant County on 14 Feb 1866.2p24 NOTE: Spelling is used as it appeared in various records.

Hanson (aka Henson, Hensenk) Veatch (aka Veitch, Veach, Veath) born 1764 Little Plantation, Frederick County, Colony1Vol I–p168,170 (now Montgomery County, MD), died after signing his will 14 Dec 18355 and before admission of the will to probate 19 Jan 1836, Hardy County, VA.1,5,2p325-326 (This part of Hardy is now Grant County, WV.)

Parents: Thomas Veatch Sr. & Barsheba Thompson1Vol I–p163,166

• “Hanson or Henson Veatch, an attorney, bought a tract of land in Hardy county, VA, May 21, 1791.5 He bought the land from Denny Fairfax, legatee of the late Lord Thomas Fairfax. Hanson was a son of Thomas.”13 Hanson sold the land in 1811 to Michael Carr.5

Elizabeth Bean (aka Bayne, other variations) born 25 Feb 17621,16 Maryland Colony, died 11 Sep 1842,1p170 probably in Harrison County, VA (now WV), where she was living in the 1840 Census.4

Parents: George Bean & Mary Gatton.16 (Also: Genealogy & History of Washington, D.C., No. 6849, furnished by Mrs. Paul Moore, WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I, p. 170.1)

“Deed Book 6, pages 468, Hardy Co. Va., Nov. 5, 1811,5 shows that Elizabeth Veatch was born Bean and had the same brothers and sisters as shown in the Bayne record, also Hanson Veatch was appointed attorney for the family in Bean estate matters.5 George Bean’s will verifies the name as Bean.”16,1p170 George Bean married 2nd Ann Jones.16 George Bean will: Prince George’s County, Maryland.10,16

Children of Hanson Veatch & Elizabeth Bean

WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I, p. 170,1 lists place of birth only for Jeremiah Elijah and Thomas Jenkins

Maureen’s note: No exact birth dates known for the daughters. The 21 May 1791 Hanson Veatch-Fairfax indenture mentions two heirs only, daughters Mary and Nancy Veatch. These children, plus daughter Nancy’s son Hanson, are known because they were named in legal documents.5

1. Mary “Polly” Veatch b. abt. 1785-1787 VA (1850 & 1860 census ages4), probably in what became Hardy County, d. between the 1860 & 1870 censuses, Marion Township, Hardin County, OH;8 married Isaac B. Patrick 2 Feb 1812 Hardy County, Rev. Valentine Power officiating.12 (Isaac Patrick b. abt. 1787 MD, d. before 1860 Census Marion Township, Hardin County, OH.11 1850 Census gives Isaac’s middle initial as B; marriage record says R). Named in her father’s 14 Dec 1835 will as “Polley Patrick.”17 Known children11: Hanson (Anson in a census) V. Patrick b. 14 Oct 1819 Hardy County, VA, d. 10 May 1881 Hardin County, OH; Isaac Jenkins Patrick b. abt. 1823 Hardy County, VA, d. 15 Aug 1887, farmer, m. Martha Holycross. • 1810 Hampshire County, VA: Isaac Patrick, age 23, only person in household. Isaac & Mary m. 1812.4 • 1820 Hardy County, VA: 1 male under 10 (son Hanson V. Patrick b. 1819), 1 M 26-44 (Isaac 33); 2 females under 10; 1 F 26-44 (Mary abt. 35).4 • 1830 Madison Township, Franklin County, OH: 2 males under 5; 1 M 5-9 (son Isaac Jenkins Patrick, 7, b. 1823); 1 M 30- 39 (Isaac 43); 1 female 5-9; 1 F 30-39 (Mary 45). Son Hanson, 11, should be here as he lived until 1881.4 • 1840 Allen Township, Union County, OH: 1 male 15-19 (son Isaac 17); 2 M 20-29 (son Hanson 21, other ?); 1 M 50-59 (Isaac 53); 1 female 50-59 (Mary abt. 55).4 • 1850 Federal Census, Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio: Isaac B. Patrick 63 farmer b. MD, Mary Patrick 63 b. VA.4 • 1860 Census, Dunkirk, Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio: Mary 75 “infirm,” living with son and family: Jenkins Patrick 37 farmer, Martha 34, Anolyza 17, Daniel E. 10, Emma J. 5, Mary B. 3, all b. VA.4

2. Nancy Veatch b. before 21 May 1791, when Hanson Veatch-Denny Fairfax land indenture listed her as an heir, d. 6 Sep 1826.6,14,1p170 Maureen’s note: Joseph Guy Veatch wrote: “Nancy Veatch had a son Hanson Veatch, b. 23

1 Nov 1816, who may have been the grandson Hanson named in Hanson Veatch’s will.”6 Guy was trying to get more information in 1973, but he never contacted me again. See information from Landis Bender, Nancy’s descendant through her son Hanson.14

3. Jeremiah Elijah Veatch b. 6 Jan 1792 (based on tombstone age at death), Hardy County, VA (now Grant County, WV), d. 14 Mar 1862 age 70, 2 months, 8 days; married Charlotte Harris 15 Mar 1827 in Hardy County;12 named in father’s 14 Dec 1835 will as “Elijah Veatch.”17 Charlotte d. 23 Dec 1887, age 87; both buried Springbank Cemetery near Yellow Bud (now Yellowbud), Ross County, OH, where Thomas Jenkins Veatch is also buried. (WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I, p. 170-1711). Joseph Guy Veatch sent a photograph of Elijah & Charlotte’s tombstone, surname spelled “Veach.”6 Guy said Jeremiah went by both “Jeremiah Veatch and Elijah Veach.”6 • “Elijah Veach” served in “Captain John Cunningham’s Company 16th Regiment, Virginia Militia, War of 1812, from 31 Aug to 29 Sep 1814.”2p235 See 1814 entry below. • 1850 Federal Census shows this family in District 130, Deerfield Township, Ross County, OH, living with William Harris 50 carpenter b. MD, perhaps Charlotte’s brother: Elijah “Veech” 59 laborer, Charlotte 50, children–John G. 19 laborer, Sarah A. 17, Lydia J. 13, Archibald T. 12; Caroline 9—all of the “Veeches” b. VA except Archibald & Caroline, b. OH.4 This means the family moved to Ohio 1837-1838, between the births of Lydia in VA and Archibald in OH. They also had daughter Margaret E., who died 14 Jun 1850 at age 20 years, buried in Springbank Cemetery near Yellow Bud.6 • 1860 Federal Census living in same location.4

4. Sarah Veatch b. abt. 1794; named in father’s 14 Dec 1835 will as Sally Veatch.17 She probably was the “female of 20 to 30” mentioned in the 1830 Federal Census in the Hanson Veatch household.4 The 1850 & 1860 censuses support a 1794 birth date.4 Sarah continued to live with nephew Hanson Veatch as they moved to Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas.14 She died between the 1860 & 1870 censuses and probably was buried in a cemetery near Osawatomie, Lykins (now Miami) County, KS, where she had lived with Hanson and his family.14

5. Thomas Jenkins Veatch b. 9 Mar 1802 Hardy County, VA, d. 6 Oct 1849, buried Springbank Cemetery near Yellow Bud, Ross County, OH; married Catharine Johnston 10 Oct 1822 Hardy County, VA.12 Named in father’s 14 Dec 1835 will as “Thomas J. Veatch.”17 (WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I, p. 171-1731)

Hanson Veatch & Elizabeth Bean Summary

Marriage Date unknown. Maureen’s notes: Joseph Guy Veatch had typed “before July 27, 1797,”6 on his family record sheet, which I thought was a typing error, since We Veitches…,1p170 said the first child (son Jeremiah Elijah) was born 6 Jan 1792. However, the 1797 date refers to the date that Elizabeth’s father signed his will, identifying her as Elizabeth Veach.10,16p25 This is the only dated legal reference we have that she had married. We Veitches…1Vol I-p170 gives no marriage date or birth dates for the daughters. The 1791 Fairfax indenture named only daughters Mary Veatch and Nancy Veatch as heirs. One reason for not using Elizabeth’s name may have been that only two additional heirs could be named on the early leases, with the right to hold the leases for the life of the longest-lived person named.18 Children could be expected to live longer than their parents, even though it doesn’t always work out that way. However, this had changed by 1791. The same page recording Hanson’s 1791 indenture also contained several 1791 indentures that named three heirs.3p139 So if Hanson were married to Elizabeth at that time, her name could have been included. No records have surfaced to provide answers for a marriage date or daughters’ birth dates, although one can approximate the birth dates based on other information. It is entirely possible that they married about 1784- 1785, and that Elizabeth was the mother of all of the children. There is no record of their marriage in Prince George’s County, MD (whose marriage records appear intact). The records of Hardy County, WV, do not yield dates before 1795, according to a 17 Oct 2007 letter from the County Clerk, although online Hardy County marriages records show at least one marriage performed in 1790. (http://www.wvgenweb.org/hardy/harmarf.htm) My thought is that Elizabeth Bean came to Hampshire County, either to visit or to live with her brother Benjamin, who had bought land in 1783 in what was then Hampshire County and became Hardy County in 1786, and had moved his family from Prince George’s County, MD. While in her brother’s household, she met Hanson Veatch, and they married in what was then Hampshire County. The Hampshire County GenWeb site explains: “Hampshire county’s records from the pre-1866 period are unusable. In each book, approximately one quarter 2 of each page is MISSING; in many instances what is missing is the NAME of the person who is the subject of the record. Additionally, much of the remaining page is often faded, or stained, and is illegible. While it is technically correct to say these records exist, they are unusable from microfilm and restricted in person at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.” (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvhampsh/) Since the Hampshire County records are in such poor condition, and no marriage records earlier than 1790 have surfaced in Hardy County, the Veatch-Bean record has probably been lost to history. We have no record for Hanson in either county before the tax list reference in 1789. However, that does not disprove that he was there earlier. (See 1789 entry below.)

Location The Hanson Veatch family appears to have been situated in the Petersburg area; therefore, what was Hanson’s Hardy County land became part of Grant County on 14 Feb 1866, when that county’s creation became effective. “Petersburg is a small village, eleven miles southwesterly from Moorefield on the South Branch of the Potomac, four miles below the junction of the North Fork, in a valley of surpassing fertility, and contains a population of about 200 (published in 1951).2p39 Moorefield is the county seat of Hardy, and Petersburg is the county seat of Grant. “When the first post office was opened within the present site of Petersburg in 1833, the town was renamed Lunice Creek because Virginia already had a Petersburg. The town was incorporated in 1845 as Lunice Creek. The original name for the town was restored when West Virginia became a state in 1863.” (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/grant/)

Censuses The only censuses in which Hanson Veatch appeared by name were in 1820 and 1830, below. Only one Virginia county census survived from the 1790 Federal Census. A book available online gives the names in that census, as well as Virginia state censuses from 1782 to 1785. Hanson Veatch does not appear in any of them, nor does he appear in the 1790 Federal Census in Maryland. (Heads of Families at The First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790/Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1908. Ancestry.com online) All but one Virginia county from the 1790 census and all of Virginia’s 1800 federal census were destroyed by fire in August 1814.4,18 The Hardy County, VA, 1810 Federal Census is missing. (Ancestry.com notes on each census online)

4 1785-1787 Daughter Mary “Polly” Veatch born about this time, location unknown.

1786 • The southern part of Hampshire County, Virginia, became the new county of Hardy, effective 1 Feb 1786.2p24 The first Hardy County Court met 7 Feb to organize the county.2p168 (The Act creating Hardy County passed October 1785, to be effective 1 Feb 1786.2p24 Also at http://www.wvgenweb.org/hardy/)

• The book Virginia Tax Payers 1782-87 names Hardy County poll tax payers for 1786, but Hanson Veatch’s name was not on that list or any other Virginia county list.19 The name of Benjamin Bean, Hanson’s brother-in-law, did appear on the 1786 Hardy County list, no slaves listed.19

1789 This tax list tells us that Hanson Veatch was in Hardy County at least by this year. These tax lists, where found, have been used to replace the lost 1790 Federal Census. Name County Tax List Page Veach, Hanson Hardy 1789 Personal B 10 (http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/1790index/1790V-index1.htm) Males only White Black 16+ Black 12-16 Horses

(http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/Hardy/1789PersonalB/10.jpg)

Before 21 May 1791 Indenture Daughter Nancy Veatch born, location unknown. (Named in the indenture)

1791 • 21 May; “Denny Fairfax by his attorney and brother Thomas Bryan Martin farmlets 100 acres to Hanson Veatch on the South Branch Manor for 20 shillings per acre per year. Farmlet to said Hanson and daughters Mary Veatch and Nancy Veatch.”3p139 3 • 21 May 1791: “Fairfax Leases—General Index Grantors, E. F. and G, pages 9 & 10 show leases from Denny Fairfax of parts of the South Branch Manor, most of which were in 1790 and 1791, and one in 1792; and reference is made to Deed Books and pages, nearly all being in Deed Book Number 2…(list of names follows)…Hanson Veatch …2p14 The indenture describes his land as “on the east side of the South Branch of Potowmark in the said county of Hardy and part of his Lordship’s South Branch Manor, containing one hundred acres,”5… A detailed description of the boundaries followed. See copy of indenture describing the land and an article on Lord Fairfax’s land.

• Under the heading “The End of the South Branch Manor,”18 author Richard K. MacMaster writes: “Leases on the South Branch Manor ran for 21 years or for three lives, with possession until the death of the longest lived of the three persons named in the deed. This did not give the tenant any real security, especially if he were to make considerable improvements on the land. Many South Branch Manor tenants were men of substance, who built fine homes, barns and other farm buildings. “Under pressure from his South Branch tenants, Lord Fairfax made new leases which gave the tenant the right of reversion. This meant that the land did not automatically come back into the hand of Lord Fairfax or his heirs at the expiration of the lease, the way a tenant farm or other rental property normally would. The tenant had the right to renew the lease or he could sell that right to someone else. Tenants left their land in the Manor to their heirs in the same way they passed on other property. … “Lord Fairfax made a number of new leases in 1779-1780 for land on South Branch Manor and the Reverend Denny Martin Fairfax also made new leases in 1790-1791. …to fifty tenants on South Branch Manor, recorded in Hardy County Deed Book 2. …New leases were made to…(among the fifty) Hanson Veatch, David and Job Welton. … (Maureen’s note: “This passage also suggests that Hanson Veatch was in the area, probably before the 1789 tax list. We could pinpoint the time better if we had the birth date of second-born daughter Nancy, since she was one of the heirs named.) “According to the 1801 ‘Returns on South Branch Manor,’ 69 tenants still leased a total of 11,087 acres. Since the Manor had a total acreage of 56,146 acres when Fairfax made his deed to the Marshalls in 1794, it is obvious how much of the South Branch Manor land was sold to tenants within a very short time. …Most of the unsold manor land was in small tracts, and the average acreage for all tenants in 1801 was only 69 acres. Half of the tenants on South Branch Manor, 35 of 69, leased fewer than 100 acres. This figure can be misleading. …Some of these small tracts were being purchased by neighboring landowners. …Andrew Byrns who ‘owns the land’ paid arrears of rent to 1799 on 105 acres leased to Henry Steele… “Benjamin Bean, …(followed by more names) made similar settlements of overdue rents on land leased to others. “Chief Justice Marshall began selling land in South Branch Manor in 1797. The list of his deeds over the next few years is a census of those who bought the former Fairfax manor lands. There are no outside speculators. The two surviving rent rolls indicated that all the purchasers were former tenants. They were …Benjamin and James Bean, …Andrew Byrns, Michael and Henry Carr, … “The end of South Branch Manor gave permanent ownership of some of the richest land in the state…”18 Maureen’s note: Benjamin Bean was Elizabeth Veatch’s brother. Kinship of James Bean is unknown. Andrew Byrns was the brother of Morgan Byrns, who married Benjamin Bean’s daughter Mary. Hanson sold his land to a Michael Carr in 1811. See 1811 entry below.

1792 6 Jan, son Jeremiah Elijah Veatch born, Hardy County, VA1p170

1794 Daughter Sarah “Sally” Veatch born about 1794, probably Hardy County, VA1p170

1798 “31 Jan 1798, John Kimble Sr. and wife Catharine Kimble to Henson Veath 169 acres for £20 on Clay Lick Run of Looney Creek.”3p159 Maureen’s note: I’m assuming “Veath” is really Veatch. This was in Hardy County, VA, at the time but is now in Grant County, WV. The creek has been renamed Lunice Creek. “Lunice Creek is a tributary of the South Branch belonging to the Potomac River and watersheds…Lunice Creek is created by its North and South Forks and empties into the South Branch at Petersburg. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunice_Creek)

1802 9 Mar, son Thomas Jenkins Veatch born, Hardy County, VA1p170

1803 11 May, Hanson Veatch was a buyer at the Joseph Richardson estate sale in Hardy County.3p91

4 1805 Hanson Veach was witness to the will of John Scott, which was admitted to probate 9 Oct 1805 in Hardy County.3p93

1809 • 13 Apr, “Hanson Veach, Benj Bean, James Wiley” conducted an appraisal in Hardy County for the estate of Elijah Sims.3p98

• Also in 1809, Hanson’s brother John T. Veatch bought 96 acres of land on Looney’s Creek, Hardy County.15,1p180 John appeared to have moved his family to Hardy County about 1800,1p179 but eventually moved back to Montgomery County, MD.1p180 “John T. was one of the very last of our clan of Veatches in Montgomery County, …”1p180

1811 • 15 Feb, Hanson & Elizabeth Veatch sold to Michael Carr the land in Hanson’s 1791 indenture with Fairfax.5

• 5 Nov, Elizabeth Veatch’s brother Benjamin Bean named Hanson Veatch as his attorney in a letter dealing with the death of Elizabeth and Benjamin’s brother Carlton Bean.5

• 12 Nov, Hanson Veatch’s account in Hardy County with the Abraham Clark estate was settled.3p99

1812 2 Feb, daughter Mary “Polly” Veatch married Isaac R. Patrick, Hardy County, VA.12 “Veach, Polly Patrick, Isaac R. 2/2/1812 Valentine Powers”12

1813 9 Mar, Hanson Veath was a buyer at the Hardy County estate sale of Lethman (aka Sethman) Homan.3p100

1814 31 Aug to 29 Sep, son Jeremiah Elijah Veatch served in Captain John Cunningham’s Company, 16th Regiment of Virginia Militia, Spotsylvania County.2p235 “In July 1814 the Governor of Virginia ordered Brigadier General Joseph Neville of Hardy County to be ready ‘to take the field at a moment’s warning.’…The British fleet was in Chesapeake Bay and might strike at any moment. They sailed up the Potomac and landed soldiers in Westmoreland County. All the militia of the lower Potomac counties were drawn there to oppose them and the Fredericksburg area left undefended. Some Hardy County volunteers moved in to fill the gap. …Hardy County unit commanded by Captain John Cunningham…was attached to the 16th Regiment in August 1814 and was then stationed in the Fredericksburg area (in Spotsylvania County). The American defeat at Bladensburg and the capture of Washington late in August 1814 spread panic even in Moorefield (capital of Hardy County)…The attack on Baltimore failed with the Star Spangled Banner still flying. The British government was anxious to end the war and a peace treaty was signed on Christmas Eve 1814.”18 Maureen’s note: Material in parentheses is mine.

“The original manuscript schedules for the First and Second United States Census Returns for Virginia, taken in 1790 and 1800, were destroyed when the British Army occupied Washington, D.C., in August 1814. The schedules, which named the heads of households and contained the number of inhabitants in each household, were lost, and only published abstracts containing the number of inhabitants of each county survive.” (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/va2_1790census.htm)

1816 23 Nov, Nancy Veatch’s son Hanson was born,6 probably in Hardy County.

1817 14 Oct, “Nancy Kerns; acct of, by guardian Charles LOBB. Note of; H Veatch.”3p109

Before 1818 “Caleb Orrahud was most likely born in Hampshire County before 1776. Sometime before 1790 he married Phoebe Coberly (Cubberly)…no records of Caleb owning land until 1806 when he purchased 60 acres from Jonathan Watson…Caleb sold his 60 acres to Henson Veatch prior to 1818 when he and Phoebe and their daughter and son-in-law moved to Ross County, Ohio.”7 Maureen’s note: Hanson’s son Thomas Jenkins Veatch and wife, Catharine Johnston Veatch, were living in Ross County, Ohio, by 1825.

1818 • 12 Oct, Estate of “Alexander Randall, settled by administrator, James Seymour and auditors Moses Welton, Job Welton. Notes of; James Snodgrass, Hanson Veatch, Thomas Bryan.”3p108

• 17 Nov, Henson Veatch was a buyer at the Jacob Judy estate sale in Hardy County.3p115

• 9 Dec, Henson Veatch and brother-in-law Benjamin Bean’s accounts with the John Scott estate in Hardy County were settled.3p109 5 1819 • 8 Jun, Henson Veatch, son Elijah Veatch, and Benjamin Beans were buyers at the Isaac Welton estate sale in Hardy County.3p109

• Hanson’s father, Thomas Veatch Sr., died after he signed his will 3 Aug 1819 in Montgomery County, MD, and before the will was proved 31 Aug 1819.9 Hanson “was the purchaser of the large family Bible at the inventory sale.”9 “…it could well be that on receiving word of his father’s death, he returned to Montgomery County, remained several weeks in the leisurely manner of the day and carried back with him as a family heirloom his father’s great hall Bible.”1p168-169

• “Anthony Reed; Will, 19 Aug 1819 prob[ate] 9 Nov 1819. Wife, Mary Reed. Children;…Wit; Moses Seymour, Isaac Patrick, Elijah Veatch, David Coler.” Maureen’s note: Elijah was Hanson and Elizabeth’s son; Isaac Patrick was the husband of their oldest daughter, Mary “Polly” Veatch Patrick.

1820 •13 Jun, H. Veatch was one of the buyers at the estate sale of Lawrence Lewis in Hardy County.3p114

• Federal Census,4 Hardy County, VA (became WV in 1863): 1 male 45 upwards: “Henson Veach” 56 1 male under 10: probably grandson Hanson Veatch, 4, b. 1816, son of Nancy 1 male 26-44 probably son Jeremiah Elijah 28 (son Thomas Jenkins, 18, missed or not living with family at enumeration) 1 female under 10: unknown 1 female 16-25: probably daughter Sarah abt. 26 1 female 26-44: probably daughter Nancy, who would have been at least 30; died 1826. 1 female 45 upwards: wife Elizabeth 58

1821 Hanson Veatch’s account with the Hardy County estate of Rudolph Shobe was settled.3p116

1822 10 Oct, son Thomas Jenkins Veatch (age 20) married Catharine Johnston (age 18), Hardy County.8,12 “Veach, Thomas I. Johnson, Catherine 10/10/1822 W. N. Scott”12 Rev. W. N. Scott (1789-1857), Petersburg Presbyterian Church, a Presbyterian minister for 35 years.8p38,39

Before 18 Aug 1823 Son Thomas Jenkins Veatch and his new wife moved to Hamilton County, OH, prior to this date, which was the birth date of their son Isaac Johnston Veatch. By 26 Apr 1825, the birth date of their next child, Elizabeth Ann, they had moved to Ross County, OH.

1826 6 Sep, daughter Nancy Veatch died in Hardy County.6,14 Son Hanson was 10 years old 23 Nov 1826.6

1827 15 Mar, son Jeremiah Elijah Veatch (35) married Charlotte Harris (abt. 27), Hardy County, VA.12s “Veach, Jeremiah E. Harris, Charlotte 3/15/1827 W. N. Scott”12

1830 • 11 Mar, Hanson Veach witnessed Peter Louderman’s will, admitted to probate, Hardy County. (Hardy County Will Book 5, page 115)2p323

• By the time of the 1830 Census, daughter Mary (Polly) Veatch Patrick and her family had moved to Madison Township, Franklin County, OH4

• Federal Census,4 Hardy County, VA: 1 male 60-70: Henson Veach 66 2 males 10-15: one was probably grandson Hanson, about 14, other unknown 1 female 30-39: probably daughter Sarah (Sally), unmarried 1 female 60-70: wife Elizabeth 68

Also on Hardy County census: Mary Veach, Elijah Veach, and Jeremiah Veach. Maureen’s note: Elijah is probably the son rather than Jeremiah, as the family numbers work out for Elijah and wife Charlotte’s ages and for their daughter Margaret’s age. WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I,1 does not give a son born until 1832, but they might have had a son who didn’t survive, which would account for the male under 5 listed. They were married 15 Mar 1827, so there was time for two children to be born. The Hardy County marriage website indicated two men named Jeremiah “Veach,” but we know from WE VEITCHES…, Vol. I,1 that it was “Jeremiah E. Veach” who married Charlotte Harris. The other Jeremiah Veach married 1820 and had time to create the family of four children listed on his census. The existence of this Jeremiah in such close proximity was probably what led our Jeremiah Elijah Veatch to go by his middle name on occasion. 6 1833 16 Nov, “Veatch, Henson, Sr. purchased 50 acres on drains of Loonie’s (Looney’s) Creek in Hardy County, VA.5 Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320. Source: Northern Neck Grants D, No. 2, 1820-1829, p. 374 (Reel 309). Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys, No. D, 1833-1841, p. 127 (Reel 319). Original survey exists. Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.” Translations of grant and survey follow next, and scanned copies appear further along in this binder. Source: http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/UNAY219CLU84QBIFSQP5MX5SB3C49X1JGSNX8ACKAIHTTRBK39-43032?func=full-set-set&set_number=008198&set_entry=000001&format=999

• Translation by Landis Bender of the handwritten grant14 (Elijah Veatch was Hanson’s son):

“Littn W. Tazewell esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that in conformity with a survey made on the 16th day of November 1833 by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant N. 10.430 - There is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Hanson Veatch Sr. A certain tract or parcel of land consisting fifty acres estate in Hardy County on the drains of Loonie’s Creek adjoining the lands of Elijah Veatch the heirs of Abel Seymour + the heirs of Anthony Read, Counted as follows - Beginning at four black oaks in the head of a hollow corner to Read’s heirs thence N 35 E 24 Poles to a black oak & two white oaks then leaving their line N 19 W 30 poles to a black oak, pine & white oak, then N 15 E 128 poles to a pine thence S 38 W 140 poles to three Spanish oaks on a ridge corner to Elijah Veatch thence with his line S 1 W 163 poles to three white oaks then N 23 E 94 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract and parcel of land with its appurtenances, to the said Henson Veatch Sr. and his heirs forever. In witness whereof the said Littn. W. Tazewell Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his Hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond in the 12th day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and of the Commonwealth the 60th. Littn W. Tazewell”

• Translation by Landis Bender of the handwritten survey:14

“Surveyed November 16, 1833 for Hanson Veatch Sr. assigner of Thomas Bryon a tract of land in Hardy County lying on the drains of Loonie’s Creek adjoining the lands of Elijah Veatch, the heirs of Abel Seymour, and the heirs of Anthony Read agreeable to an entry made the 31st day of August 1833 by virtue of part of a land of free Treasury warrant of 400 acres no. 10.430 issued to Thomas Bryon the 25th day of February 1830 and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at four black oaks in the head of a hollow corner to Read’s heirs thence N 35 E 24 poles to a black oak and two white oaks then leaving their line N 19 W 30 poles to a black oak, pine & white oak then N 15 E 128 poles to a pine thence S 38 W 140 poles to three Spanish oaks on a ridge corner to Elijah Veatch thence with his lines S 1 W 163 poles to three white oaks then N 23 E 94 poles to the beginning, containing 50 acres. Scale 50 poles per inch. James Gray D.S.H.C. Variation 1 west.” (D.S.H.C. probably stands for Department of Surveyance Hardy County or Deputy Surveyor, or something similar.)

1835 The Sims Index recorded the 50 acres in Hardy County referred to above in the 1833 entry: Veatch, Henson Sr., 50 Acres, Loonus Cr., 1835.15

1835-1836 Hanson signed his will 14 Dec 1835;17 died sometime before admission of estate to probate 19 Jan 1836, age about 71, Will Book 6, Hardy County, VA.17;2p325-326 See scanned images of the will on Hardy County GenWeb site.

1837-1838 Son Elijah moved his family to Ross County, Ohio, in 1837-1838, between the births of daughter Lydia in Virginia and son Archibald in Ohio. Elijah’s brother and sister-in-law, Thomas and Catharine (Johnston) Veatch, had moved to Ross County, Ohio, by 1825.

1840 By the time of the Federal Census,4 Elizabeth Bean Veatch had moved with daughter Sarah and grandson Hanson to Harrison County, VA: Elizabeth Veitch listed as head of household: She was the female 70-80, actual age 78. Female 40-50: Unmarried daughter Sarah, 46 Male 20-30: Grandson Hanson Veatch, 24.

7 1842 11 Sep, Elizabeth Bean Veatch died at age 80,1p170 probably in Harrison County, VA, where she was living in the 1840 Census. Maureen’s note: The Harrison County Clerk’s office transferred me to the records department, which had no record of a will; the telephone contact said probate records don’t go back that far.

1848 3 Jan 1848, Hardy County Court accepted the close of Hanson Veatch’s probate.17 (See copies of probate on Hardy County GenWeb site)

Footnotes:

1. WE VEITCHES, VEATCHES, VEACHES, VEECHES An Historical Treasury of the Descendants of James Veitch, the Sheriffe by Laurence R. Guthrie, compiler; editing, additions and index by Wanda Veatch Clark, Midstate Printing, Inc., Redmond, Oregon, 1974; supplemental information in Volumes II & III, 1992

2. History of Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia by Elvin Lycurgus Judy of Petersburg, WV, Charleston Printing Company, Charleston, WV, 1951. Marriages 71, 77, 89. (Tschudi was the original name, changed to Judy. Page 38)

3. Hampshire & Hardy Counties, (W)VA Abstracts compiled by Larry G. Shuck, Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1996

4. Ancestry.com for federal census records and other historical records

5. Hardy County, VA (now WV), legal documents

6. Family records of Joseph Guy Veatch, descendant of Thomas Jenkins Veatch, who did research on Hanson in Hardy County.

7. There is additional information at this link about the Orrahud-Arrowhood family. http://www.mocavo.com/visit?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffamilytreemaker.genealogy.com%2Fusers%2Fs%2Fc%2Fo%2FMARY-C-SCOTT%2FGENE154-0010.html Caleb Orrahud was a son of Alexander Arrowhood. “Alexander ORRAHOOD is found in the 1782 census of Hampshire County, VA. This is the earliest census of this area. Alexander is listed as the head of household of 10 whites. In the 1784 census he is listed as head of household of 9 whites with one building. Alexander ORRAHOOD was listed on the Personal Property Tax Roll for Hardy County in 1787. A land grant was issued to Alexander ARROWHOOD on May 15, 1788 for 389 acres for a compensation of two pounds sterling. Two days later a grant was issued to William NORMAN. William’s land description includes ‘ARROWHOOD’s line’ and ‘ARROWHOOD’s corner,’ showing that these two were neighbors. It is believed that these two families had been neighbors for quite some time and these grants were simply confirmation of ownership of lands that these two families had lived on during pre- Revolution times. In this area there is a stream named Norman’s Run and it was common practice to name these streams after the first family to settle on them. The ORRAHUD land was located on a ridge between Lunice Creek between Petersburg and Maysville, VA (WV). The land was located in Hampshire County, VA that became part of WV and then part of Hardy County, WV.” The land passed on to his descendants, Caleb being one of four sons; there were also three daughters. Maureen’s note: The land location is confusing with the two “betweens” used. Perhaps it should have been between a ridge between Lunice Creek and ___, between Petersburg and Maysville.

8. Information from Melissa Matthews Sedlis, descendant of Mary “Polly” Veatch Patrick

9. American Guthrie & Allied Families; lineal representations of the Colonial Guthries of , Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North & South Carolina by Laurence R. Guthrie, 1933, p. 609, Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=11592

10. Will of George Bean (Sr.), signed 27 July 1797 in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Liber T #1, Folio 637.

11. Isaac B. Patrick family information, Ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10680508/person/1061661419

12. Marriage dates for Thomas, Jeremiah and Polly were confirmed in History of Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, pp. 89, 90, 83 and on the Hardy County website at http://www.wvgenweb.org/hardy/harmaruv.htm. Copies of their marriage record and the online listing are with the information on Thomas Jenkins Veatch & Catharine Johnston.

13. The American Lineage of the Veach and Stover Families by Robert Spangler Veach, self-published 1913, pp. 15-16; reprinted by Higginson Books. Ancestry.com database at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25724

14. Landis Bender at [email protected], descendant of Hanson’s unmarried daughter Nancy through her son Hanson Veatch.

15. Page 268 of Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia, Charleston, W. Va., 1952, Book 3, p. 353. Ancestry.com database at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25647

16. The Bean Family of Maryland by Margaret Bean Langley, printed privately in 1984, © by Langley, pp. 24-25

17. Will of Hanson Veatch, Hardy County, VA, Will Book 6: Will, Page 199; Probate, Pages 207-208, 210-214, 299-300, 337

18. The History of Hardy County 1786-1986 by Richard K. MacMaster, © 1986 The Hardy County Public Library, Walsworth Press, Inc. The book was a project of the Hardy County Bicentennial Commission, the Hardy County Commission and the Hardy County Public Library Commission. It is well documented with footnotes at the end of each chapter. Information on Fairfax leases, pp. 119-123. Information on Elijah Veatch’s 1814 military service, p. 153.

19. Virginia Tax Payers 1782-87 Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau, Augusta B. Fothergill & John Mark Naugle, published in Richmond, 1940; reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1966, pp. 8, 130.

8 Researched and summarized by Maureen Veatch Gobel, 11 Jan 2012 ([email protected])

Maureen welcomes emails from anyone who has documented evidence to add to this summary or that would prove or disprove the information provided here.

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