NamePeter Pritchard
Birth1 Oct 1798, Allegany Co., Maryland Or Preston Co., (W) Virginia200,5
Birth Memoanother source say b. Barbour Co., (W) Virginia
Death29 Sep 1883, White Oak, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
Death Memoanother source says: d. sep 7, 1883
Burial1883, White Oak M.E. Church Cemetery, Oxford, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
OccupationFarmer; Justice Of The Peace
ReligionCharter Member Of White Oak Methodist Episcopal Church Organized 1842.
FatherThomas Pritchard V (1768-1846)
MotherNancy (Tichenor) Tichenell (~1766-<1812)
Spouses
Birth30 Dec 1798, Harrison Co., (W) Virginia
Death9 Dec 1869, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
Death MemoBuried: White Oak Cemetery, Richie Co., WV
BurialWhite Oak M.E. Church Cemetery, Oxford, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
ReligionCharter Member Of White Oak Methodist Episcopal Church Organized 1842.
FatherWilliam Thomas Willis (~1769-1823)
MotherNancy Anne Douglass (1768-1838)
Marriage15 Feb 1821, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W) Virginia190
Marr Memomarried by Rev Shadrach Johnson
ChildrenGeorge (1822-1902)
 Nancy P. (1825-1885)
 Anna (1827-1871)
 Thomas Willis (1825-1885)
 Harriet (1827-)
 William Tyler (1832-1911)
 John (1834-1919)
 Elizabeth Jane (1840->1920)
Notes for Peter Pritchard
After their marriage in Clarksburg, Harrison county, Peter Pritchard and Elizabeth Willis lived in Barbour County until they joined his father and stepmother in Ritchie County. For the next two generations, the Pritchards resided at Oxford and nearby White Oak, just across the county border in Doddridge County. Peter Pritchard was one of the earliest justices of the peace in that area and was known as "a cornerstone" of the White Oak Methodist Episcopal Church in Oxford, where he is buried.
145. . . Peter Pritchard was the first settler at the mouth of this creek, where his son, John, now lives. He was the son of Thomas and Nancy Tichinel [sic] Pritchard, and was a native of Preston county, he having been born on October 1, 1798. On February 15, 1821, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Willis, daughter of William and Anna Douglass Willis, early settlers of the Clarksburg vicinity. Her father came from the "Emerald Isle," and was one of the pioneer pedagogues of Harrison county. After Mr. Pritchard's marriage, he resided in what is now Barbour county until 1837 when he came to White Oak, where he spent the remnant of his days. He was one of the early justices of the peace, and, like Mr Clayton, was a corner-stone of the White Oak M. E. church. He died on September 29, 1883, and Mrs. Pritchard, who was born on December 30, 1798, passed to her reward, on December 9, 1869. Both rest at White Oak.
Their children: the Late George, Thomas and Mrs. Anna (B. M.) Lawson, and John, of White Oak; Wm. T., of Webster county; Mrs. Cassie (Harrison) Wass, Harrisville; the late Mrs. Nancy P. (A. E.) Holt, of Fairmont; and Jane P, who first married Lewis Maxwell, of Doddridge county, and after his death became the wife of the Rev. W. H. Wiley, is now of Fairmont.
Thomas married Miss Amanda Lawson, sister of B. W. Lawson, and was the father of the Rev. M. F. Pritchard, of the M. E. church, and J. F., and W. I. Pritchard, of the U. B. church.

145The White Oak Methodist Episcopal class was organized in 1842, at the home of Elijah Clayton, and Mr. Clayton, Thomas Ireland, Peter Pritchard, and Samuel Wolfe, with their wives, were among its initial members. The pioneer church building was erected in 1845, Mr. Clayton being the donor of the grounds. But this old time structure gave place to another in 1857, and to the present one in 1891.

200September 5th, 1850
PRITCHARD, Peter farmer born in Maryland Age 51 Years
" Elizabeth born in Virginia 51 "
" Nancy " 25 "
" Thomas " 22 "
" Anna " 20 "
" William " 18 "
" John " 16 "
" Cassa " 13 "
" Jane " 10 "
LAWSON, John L. born in Maryland Age 26 Years



another source says b. Allegeny Co., Virginia
Notes for Peter Pritchard
5Peter Pritchard is buried in White Oak Cemetery, Oxford, Ritchie County, West Virginia.
The eldest son of Thomas and Nancy Titchenal Pritchard, Peter married Elizabeth Willis of Clarksburg (Harrison County) and lived in Barbour County until 1837 when he joined his father and stepmother in Ritchie County. For the next two generations, the Pritchards resided at Oxford and nearby White Oak, just across the county border in Doddridge County, Virginia (West Virginia). He was one of the earliest justices of the peace and was a corner-stone in the White Oak M.E. Church, where he is buried.
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
145. . . he was married to Miss Elizabeth Willis, daughter of William and Anna Douglass Willis, early settlers of the Clarksburg vicinity. Her father came from the "Emerald Isle," and was one of the pioneer pedagogues of Harrison county.

After their marriage in Clarksburg, Harrison county, Peter Pritchard and Elizabeth Willis lived in Barbour County until they joined his father and stepmother in Ritchie County. For the next two generations, the Pritchards resided at Oxford and nearby White Oak, just across the county border in Doddridge County. Peter Pritchard was one of the earliest justices of the peace in that area and was known as "a cornerstone" of the White Oak Methodist Episcopal Church in Oxford, where he is buried.

Marriage 1 Peter PRITCHARD b: 1 OCT 1798 in ,,Md
* Married: 15 FEB 1821 in Ritchie Co,Wv
Children
1. George PRITCHARD b: 19 MAY 1822 in ,,Wv
2. Nancy P. PRITCHARD b: 4 AUG 1825 in ,,Wv
3. Thomas Willis PRITCHARD b: 15 OCT 1825/1828 in ,Harrison County,Wv
4. Anna PRITCHARD b: 26 FEB 1827 in ,,Wv
5. William T. PRITCHARD b: 21 APR 1832 in ,,Wv
6. John PRITCHARD b: 22 OCT 1834 in ,Ritchie,Wv
7. Cassandra (Cassie) PRITCHARD b: 29 NOV 1836 in ,Barbour Co.,Wv
8. Elizabeth Jane PRITCHARD b: 29 APR 1840 in <,Harrison Co. Wv>


Buried: White Oak Cemetery, Richie Co., WV
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